Chapter 19 Test Review

Question 1

Passed day after FDR took office – 1932 (helped with banking crisis)

Answer 1

Emergency Banking Bill

Question 2

Goals of the New Deal

Answer 2

relief, recovery and reform

Question 3

Opponents to New Deal

Answer 3

said it threatened individual freedom (league formed to oppose N. Deal – American Liberty League

Question 4

What did the AAA do?

Answer 4

(Agricultural Adjustment Act) sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices.

Question 5

Who didn’t apply to the Social Security Act at first?

Answer 5

farmers and domestics

Question 6

What did the Wagner Act allow?

Answer 6

the right to collective bargaining (helped workers negotiate for better hours and wages)

Question 7

What happened with the UAW(United Auto Workers)?

Answer 7

auto workers participated in a sit down strike to get recognized by GM

Question 8

Who was Senator Huey Long?

Answer 8

Louisiana Senator who opposed the New Deal .

Question 9

What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs do?

Answer 9

Stopped discouraging the practice of Indian religions caused by
First Female Cabinet member – Frances Perkins

Question 10

What impact did Navajo Livestock Reduction program have?

Answer 10

It had a negative impact on the Indians.

Question 11

What did Indian Reorganization Act do?

Answer 11

1934 – prohibited gov’t of taking more Indian land.

Question 12

CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps)

Answer 12

Extended opportunities to Mexican Americans and youth.

Question 13

Critics and the TVA(Tennessee Valley Authority)

Answer 13

Said the president did too much.

Question 14

What did Eleanor Roosevelt do?

Answer 14

showed great support for minorities (met with key black delegates)

Question 15

How many terms did FDR serve?

Answer 15

Four

Question 16

Why did people go to the movies?

Answer 16

To escape their concerns about the economy during the 1930s.

Question 17

What are The Lone Ranger and the Shadow examples of?

Answer 17

Radio series during the Great Depression.

Question 18

What was The New Deal Coalition?

Answer 18

The name given to the Democrats under FDR because they dominated both the House and the Senate for many years.

Question 19

What did the WPA(Works Projects Administration) do?

Answer 19

Created better roads and highways .