Chapter 23 Flashcards
To regulate the stock market, the Roosevelt Administration created the -
a) Federal Trade Commission
b) Securities and Exchange Commission
c) National Recovery Administration
d) Social Security Administration
b) Securities and Exchange Commission
The National Industrial Recovery Act set up -
a) trusts to promote competition
b) codes of fair competition
c) three work shifts per day
d) laws banning unions
b) codes of fair competition
In the case Schechter v United States, the Supreme Court -
a) struck down the first New Deal
b) struck down the NIRA
c) struck down deficit spending
d) struck down the Glass-Steagall Act
b) struck down the NIRA
Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because -
a) many Americans opposed the idea of forced retirement
b) the angry judges reacted by striking down much of the New Deal legislation
c) it appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers
d) the angry judges struck down the plan as unconstitutional
c) it appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers
The Agricultural Adjustment tried to help farmers by -
a) paying them to grow more crops
b) paying them not to grow crops
c) buying farm surpluses
d) making land available for farming
b) paying them not to grow crops
Senator Huey Long wanted the government to -
a) share the wealth of the rich
b) balance the budget
c) pay citizens over 60 a monthly pension
d) stop interfering with business
a) share the wealth of the rich
The Federal Number One program employed -
a) young men ages 18 to 25
b) workers in the construction industry
c) displaced tenant farmers
d) people in the arts
d) people in the arts
Bank runs increased before Roosevelt’s inauguration because some people thought he would abandon -
a) the dollar
b) silver
c) the gold standard
d) mortgages
d) the gold standard
The Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial banking form -
a) the Securities and Exchange Commission
b) the Treasury Department
c) investment banking
d) bank holidays
c) investment banking
What was the period called between March 9 and June 16, 1933, when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet the economic crisis -
a) the First New Deal
b) the New Nationalism
c) the New Freedom
d) the Hundred Days
d) the Hundred Days
The Public Works Administration was created as a federal relief agency to put back to work the unemployed in the -
a) arts and entertainment industry
b) mining industry
c) fishing industry
d) construction industry
d) construction industry
In August 1934, business leaders and anti-New Deal politicians from both parties joined together to create the -
a) “Share Our Wealth” clubs
b) American Liberty League
c) National Union for Social Justice
d) Townshend Plan
b) American Liberty League
FDR established a place for polio sufferers to rehabilitate in this location -
a) Hot Springs, Arkansas
b) Warm Springs, Georgia
c) San Diego, California
d) Albany, New York
b) Warm Springs, Georgia
The National Labor Relations Act is also called the -
a) FERA
b) Wagner Act
c) HOLC
d) Glass-Steagall Act
b) Wagner Act
Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression were contained in 15 bills which became known as the _________
New Deal
To inform and reassure citizens, Franklin Roosevelt addressed them directly by radio in what were called ________
fireside chats
To pay for his new programs, Roosevelt abandoned a balanced budget and began using _____ spending.
deficit
The first _______ strike was against General Motors.
sit-down
CCC is an acronym for ________
Civilian Conservation Corps
AAA is an acronym for _________
Agricultural Adjustment Act
TVA is an acronym for ______
Tennessee Valley Authority
Those who agreed to abide by NIRA codes were allowed to display this symbol -
Blue eagle
FDR called his group of advisors his _______
brain trusts
Government relief payments were called _____
dole