Quiz #7 Flashcards
The “Bonus Army” was a
A. group of unemployed scientists and explorers who participated in a federal survey project
B. group of veterans who came to Washington to get bonuses promised them for service in World War I
C. group of farmers demanding a bonus to compensate them for their eviction by large landowners
D. social organization composed of men who had fought in the Spanish-American War
B. group of veterans who came to Washington to get bonuses promised them for service in World War I
All of the following New Deal programs created federally-financed jobs EXCEPT:
A. FDIC
B. CCC
C. WPA
D. Public Works Administration
A. FDIC
Which statement is TRUE about the stock market prior to the October 1929 crash?
A. stock-market speculation was at an all-time low
B. 10 million Americans speculated with borrowed money by buying stock “on margin”
C. only the very wealthy played the stock market
D. stock prices began their downward spiral in 1925
B. 10 million Americans speculated with borrowed money by buying stock “on margin”
The defining characteristic of the New Deal was
A. pragmatic experimentation
B. ideological consistency
C. adherence to fixed economic principles
D. cautious progressivism
A. pragmatic experimentation
On his weekly radio broadcasts, who did Father Charles Coughlin blame for the economic crisis?
A.the “Jewish-controlled” banks
B. unions
C. the auto industry
D. Adolf Hitler
A.the “Jewish-controlled” banks
Exp. Father Charles Coughlin explained the Depression as the result of international bankers toppling the world economy by manipulating gold-backed currencies
One of the most important results of the New Deal was that
A. Americans knew that in hard times, the government would come to their aid
B. the Democratic Party had become very powerful.
C. the power of Congress increased.
D. it bolstered the upper class
A. Americans knew that in hard times, the government would come to their aid
Exp. The New Deal did not accomplish everything it set out to, but it did build trust between Americans and their government
During FDR’s first “100 Days,” the New Deal’s first act to achieve recovery dealt with
A. banking
B. unemployment
C. public works
D. the trusts
A. banking
Franklin D. Roosevelt is best described as, first and foremost, a/n
A. intellectual
B. pragmatist
C. romantic
D. economist
B. pragmatist
Exp. Roosevelt cared little about economic principles. What he wanted were results, and experimentation became a hallmark of the New Deal
Eleanor Roosevelt established a new role for first ladies—being publicly active in their own right in pursuit of political and social reform.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Hoover’s initial response to the Depression – a measure most economists believe worsened the downturn:
A. Smoot-Hawley Tariff
B. Wagner Act
C. FDIC
D. RFC
A. Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Most important labor leader of the 1930s, the founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO):
A. John Steinbeck
B. John L. Lewis
C. John Maynard Keynes
D. Upton Sinclair
B. John L. Lewis
During the Depression, the federal government began a large-scale campaign to deport roughly 250,000
A. Mexicans
B. Jews
C. anarchists
D. Japanese
A. Mexicans
Why did Eleanor Roosevelt cancel her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution in the spring of 1939?
A. They refused to let immigrants join their organization
B. The DAR had criticized her husband’s administration
C. The DAR canceled a scheduled performance by black opera singer Marian Anderson at Constitution Hall
D. The organization had expressed sympathy for Adolf Hitler
C. The DAR canceled a scheduled performance by black opera singer Marian Anderson at Constitution Hall
Exp. In the spring of 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to permit the black contralto Marian Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt quit the DAR in protest. With the help of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, Anderson finally performed in front of the Lincoln Memorial
All of the following were major New Deal programs and policies EXCEPT:
A. AAA
B. NRA
C. Share Our Wealth Society
D. Wagner Act
E. WPA
C. Share Our Wealth Society
Identify the author of the following primary source quote:
“I speak for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which has honored me with its chairmanship. . . . .Organized Labor in America accepts the challenge of the omnipresent overlords of steel to fight for the prize of economic freedom and industrial democracy. . . . I call upon the workers in the iron and steel industry who are listening to me tonight to throw off their shackles of servitude and join the union of their industry.”
A. FDR
B. John Lewis
C. Father Coughlin
D. Huey Long
B. John Lewis
The New Deal legacy included all of the following except
A. preserving capitalism and strengthening democracy
B. making an active government responsible for economic security in America
C. modernizing and personalizing the American presidency
D. bringing a complete end to the Great Depression
D. bringing a complete end to the Great Depression
Exp. Although the New Deal brought forth a tremendous number of good programs and helped people to have hope again, it did not bring the recovery from the Great Depression that Roosevelt and Americans had hoped for
Identify the author of the following primary source quote:
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
A. Huey Long
B. Father Coughlin
C. John Lewis
D. FDR
D. FDR
Which of the following best captures the idea of Huey P. Long’s “Share Our Wealth” plan?
A. Disband unions and let workers fend for themselves
B. Confiscate idle factories and land, and permit the unemployed to produce for their own use
C. Have government limit the size of all fortunes and confiscate the rest to redistribute to people in need
D. Bring government into business and help them grow
C. Have government limit the size of all fortunes and confiscate the rest to redistribute to people in need
Exp. Huey P. Long’s “Share Our Wealth” plan was drastic, but simple: the government would limit the size of all fortunes and confiscate the rest. Every family would then be guaranteed an annual income of $2,500 and an estate of $500
During her years as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt
A. developed a campaign staff in preparation for a race for political office.
B. quietly directed her attention to private philanthropic charities.
C. remained largely a domestic wife who managed White House social events.
D. was a passionate spokeswoman for the underdog and the disadvantaged
D. was a passionate spokeswoman for the underdog and the disadvantaged
One of the reasons there was dissent from the New Deal was that
A. people felt that change wasn’t happening quickly enough
B. some people felt that Roosevelt was a dictator in the making
C. All of these answers are correct
D. some wealthy executives felt that Roosevelt was an enemy of private property
C. All of these answers are correct
Exp. As program after program that might or might not work came out of Washington, people got tired of waiting for change to come. Others were just wary of some of Roosevelt’s programs and felt that his motives weren’t always altruistic
Which of the following best describes John Maynard Keynes’ view on deficit spending?
A. It was the cause of the Great Depression
B. It was the only way out of the Great Depression, as only the government had the size and scope to get the economy growing again
C. It carried the danger of bringing about deflation.
D. It undermined the world’s commitment to the gold standard
B. It was the only way out of the Great Depression, as only the government had the size and scope to get the economy growing again
Exp. British economist John Maynard Keynes called on governments not to balance the budget but to spend its way out of depression, even if it meant running in the red
Heavyweight champion boxer who became the first black athlete embraced by white America in 1938:
A. Jack Johnson
B. Joe Louis
C. Tom Joad
D. Woody Guthrie
B. Joe Louis
What was the most important effect of the Dust Bowl?
A. It caused the government to regulate farming on unsuitable land
B. It resulted in the formation of the United Farm Workers
C. It caused the Plains states to lose representation in Congress
D. It caused a flood of migrants from the Great Plains to the West
D. It caused a flood of migrants from the Great Plains to the West
Exp. Most Dust Bowl migrants ended up in California. Wherever they landed, only one in two or three migrants actually found work
The 1935 New Deal act that guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining:
A. Wagner Act
B. Public Works Administration
C. AAA
D. NRA
A. Wagner Act
Roosevelt’s reelection in 1936 was due in large part to the fact that
A. he was supported by big business
B. he was supported solely by labor unions
C. he stood up for those at the bottom of the economic ladder
D. nobody knew his Republican contender
C. he stood up for those at the bottom of the economic ladder
Exp. Roosevelt turned the election into a contest between the haves and the have-nots. He knew that organized money (big business and the wealthy) disliked him, and he was up to the challenge that would present. His major support came from the bottom of the economic ladder, those helped most by the New Deal. He was also backed by traditional Democratic support in the South, citizens of big cities, and labor
