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Roosevelt seemed a strange choice fro president during the depression because
he had never known economic hardship
Herbert Hoover called the 1932 election a “contests between two philosophies of government” because he disagreed with Roosevelt about
the federal government’s involvement in providing relief from the depression.
Congress established the ______________ to help regulate the stock market so it was safer for investors.
Securities Exchanged Commission
Whose book, The Challenge to Liberty, described the New Deal as “the most stupendous invasion of the whole spirit of liberty”?
Herbert Hoover
Who was the Louisiana Senator who was FDR’s most serious political threat?
Huey Long
The San Antonio River Walk and parts of the Appalachian Trail were completed with funding from the
Works Progress Administration
At the beginning of the depression, only 10 percent of all ____________ had electricity
Farms
What does the federal government call the price supports provided to American farmers?
Subsidies
When workers refuse to leave their workplace until a settlement is reached it is called
a sit-down strike.
Eleanor Roosevelt provided ___________ with unprecedented access to the president.
Women
Although the New Deal help restored the American economy, what eventually led to the end of the depression?
World War II
Which of these was a member of the Black Cabinet who started a school for African American women?
Mary McLeod Bethune
What effect did the New Deal coalition have on voting trends?
African Americans began to vote Democratic.
What did the Federal Housing Authority do to increase homeownership?
provide low-interest loans
What branch of government has power increased with the number of New Deal programs and federal agencies?
Executive
