Chapter 33 Flashcards
Franklin Roosevelt’s _______________ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.
affliction with infantile paralysis
The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for
a balanced budget
The “champion of the dispossessed”—that is, the poor and minorities—in the 1930s was
Eleanor Roosevelt
The 1932 Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt ran for the presidency called for
a balanced budget
In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by
experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.
The phrase “Hundred Days” refers to
the first months of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency.
One striking feature of the 1932 presidential election was that
African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.
While Franklin Roosevelt waited to assume the presidency, Herbert Hoover tried to get the president-elect to cooperate on long-term solutions to the Depression because
he hoped to bind his successor to an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible.
When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933,
he knew exactly what he wanted to do.
The Works Progress Administration was a major _______________ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range __________ program; and the Social Security Act was a major _______________ program.
recovery, relief, reform
The Glass-Steagall Act
created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.
The most pressing problem facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president was
unemployment
Franklin Roosevelt’s “managed currency” aimed to
stimulate inflation
The ________was probably the most popular New Deal program; the_______was one of the most complex; and the
_________was the most radical.
Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley Authority
President Roosevelt’s chief “administrator of relief” was
Harold Ickes
Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained national popularity by
promising to give every family $5,000
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) aimed to do all of the following except
provide handouts to the unemployed.
The National Recovery Act (NRA) began to fail because
it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.
The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) raised the money paid to
farmers not to grow crops by
taxing processors of farm products.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the “farm problem” by
reducing agricultural production.
Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment_________; the
Twenty-first Amendment _______________.
shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except
farmers’ failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment.
In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to
help farmers migrate from Oklahoma to California.
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to
a. reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society.
reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society.
Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to
california
Most “Okies” in California escaped the deprivation and uncertainty of seasonal farm labor when they
found jobs in defense industries during World War II.
The Federal Securities Act aimed to
force stock promoters to give investors information regarding the soundness of their stocks.
On the following, the one least related to the other three is
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
New Dealers argued that their multifront war on the Depression primarily
sought to
provide relief.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) drew criticism because it
aroused fears of creeping socialism.
The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its plans concerning
. electrical power.
The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except
health care for the poor.
The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that
gave labor the right to bargain collectively.
The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to
unskilled workers.
The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was
the organization of all workers within an industry.
The 1936 election was made notable by
the bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.
President Roosevelt’s “Court-packing” scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court
more sympathetic to New Deal programs.
After Franklin Roosevelt’s failed attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court,
the Court began to support New Deal programs.
As a result of the 1937 “Roosevelt recession,”
Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics.
During the 1930s,
the national debt doubled.
Many economists believe that the New Deal could have cured the ills of the Depression by
engaging in greater deficit spending.
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs
did not end the Depression.
