U.S. History: Chapter 15

Question 1

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Answer 1

democrat who Americans pinned hopes to as the new president

Question 2

New Deal

Answer 2

program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression

Question 3

Glass-Stegall Banking Act

Answer 3

established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system

Question 4

Federal Securities Act

Answer 4

required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market

Question 5

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Answer 5

paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income

Question 6

Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 6

put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion

Question 7

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

Answer 7

created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth

Question 8

deficit spending

Answer 8

spending more money than the government recieves in revenue

Question 9

Huey Long

Answer 9

Senator from Louisiana who challenged Roosevelt’s ideas and came up with a Share the Wealth program

Question 10

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 10

FDR’s wife who traveled the country observing social conditions and reminded her husband about the suffering of the nation’s people; also urged husband to appoint women to government positions

Question 11

Works Progress Administration

Answer 11

agency created during the 2nd new deal that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and other fields

Question 12

National Youth Adminsitration

Answer 12

agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Depression

Question 13

Wagner Act

Answer 13

a law to protect workers’ rights after the Supreme Court declared the NIRA unconstitutional

Question 14

Social Security Act

Answer 14

law that provided aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children

Question 15

Frances Perkins

Answer 15

first female cabinet member

Question 16

Mary McLeod Bethuane

Answer 16

African American women hired to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration

Question 17

John Collier

Answer 17

appointed by FDR to commissioner of Indian affairs

Question 18

New Deal colition

Answer 18

an alignment of diverse groups, including Southern whites, African Americans, and unionized workers, dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party

Question 19

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

Answer 19

labor organization expelled from the American Federation of Labor

Question 20

Gone with the Wind

Answer 20

one of the most popular films of all time

Question 21

Orson Welles

Answer 21

actor, director, producer, and writer, who created renowned radio broadcasts of all time: War of the Worlds

Question 22

Grant Wood

Answer 22

painter who made American Gothic

Question 23

Richard Wright

Answer 23

African American author who wrote Native Son

Question 24

The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 24

novel that deals with a family of Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California

Question 25

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 25

agency that insured individual’s bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures

Question 26

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Answer 26

agency that monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stock and bonds

Question 27

National Labor Regulations Board (NLRB)

Answer 27

agency that prevented unfair labor practices and to mediate disputes between workers and management

Question 28

parity

Answer 28

price intended to keep farmers’ income steady

Question 29

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Answer 29

federal corporation that constructed dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods