Chapter 33

Question 1

Franklin Roosevelt’s _______________ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.

Answer 1

affliction with infantile paralysis

Question 2

The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for

Answer 2

a balanced budget

Question 3

The “champion of the dispossessed”—that is, the poor and minorities—in the 1930s was

Answer 3

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 4

The 1932 Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt ran for the presidency called for

Answer 4

a balanced budget

Question 5

In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by

Answer 5

experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.

Question 6

The phrase “Hundred Days” refers to

Answer 6

the first months of Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency.

Question 7

One striking feature of the 1932 presidential election was that

Answer 7

African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

he hoped to bind his successor to an anti-inflationary policy that would make much of the New Deal impossible.

Question 9

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933,

Answer 9

he knew exactly what he wanted to do.

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

recovery, relief, reform

Question 11

The Glass-Steagall Act

Answer 11

created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.

Question 12

The most pressing problem facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president was

Answer 12

unemployment

Question 13

Franklin Roosevelt’s “managed currency” aimed to

Answer 13

stimulate inflation

Question 14

The ________was probably the most popular New Deal program; the_______was one of the most complex; and the
_________was the most radical.

Answer 14

Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 15

President Roosevelt’s chief “administrator of relief” was

Answer 15

Harold Ickes

Question 16

Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained national popularity by

Answer 16

promising to give every family $5,000

Question 17

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) aimed to do all of the following except

Answer 17

provide handouts to the unemployed.

Question 18

The National Recovery Act (NRA) began to fail because

Answer 18

it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.

Question 19

The first Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) raised the money paid to
farmers not to grow crops by

Answer 19

taxing processors of farm products.

Question 20

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the “farm problem” by

Answer 20

reducing agricultural production.

Question 21

Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment_________; the
Twenty-first Amendment _______________.

Answer 21

shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition

Question 22

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except

Answer 22

farmers’ failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment.

Question 23

In 1935, President Roosevelt set up the Resettlement Administration to

Answer 23

help farmers migrate from Oklahoma to California.

Question 24

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted to

a. reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society.

Answer 24

reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society.

Question 25

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

Answer 25

california

Question 26

Most “Okies” in California escaped the deprivation and uncertainty of seasonal farm labor when they

Answer 26

found jobs in defense industries during World War II.

Question 27

The Federal Securities Act aimed to

Answer 27

force stock promoters to give investors information regarding the soundness of their stocks.

Question 28

On the following, the one least related to the other three is

Answer 28

the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Question 29

New Dealers argued that their multifront war on the Depression primarily
sought to

Answer 29

provide relief.

Question 30

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) drew criticism because it

Answer 30

aroused fears of creeping socialism.

Question 31

The most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its plans concerning

Answer 31

. electrical power.

Question 32

The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except

Answer 32

health care for the poor.

Question 33

The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that

Answer 33

gave labor the right to bargain collectively.

Question 34

The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to

Answer 34

unskilled workers.

Question 35

The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was

Answer 35

the organization of all workers within an industry.

Question 36

The 1936 election was made notable by

Answer 36

the bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.

Question 37

President Roosevelt’s “Court-packing” scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court

Answer 37

more sympathetic to New Deal programs.

Question 38

After Franklin Roosevelt’s failed attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court,

Answer 38

the Court began to support New Deal programs.

Question 39

As a result of the 1937 “Roosevelt recession,”

Answer 39

Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics.

Question 40

During the 1930s,

Answer 40

the national debt doubled.

Question 41

Many economists believe that the New Deal could have cured the ills of the Depression by

Answer 41

engaging in greater deficit spending.

Question 42

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs

Answer 42

did not end the Depression.