The Committee for Industrial Organization was established

Organize all workers in a particular industry/race,gender,skil didnt matter

Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the stock market in the months leading up to the October 1929 crash?

Steep income-tax hikes suddenly cut the flow of money into the market

Which statement best describes union membership in the 1930s?

Gained membership, from 3 million in 1933 to 8 million in 1941

What does the "monetarist" theory argue was the cause of the stock-market crash?

The Federal Reserve System's tight monetary policies

Which statement best expresses the mobility of African Americans during the 1930s?

Depression slowed down migration of blacks to the north

Which statement best represents the economic status of farm families during the 1930s?

Many farm families gave up because of debt and the drought

The Scottsboro Boys were

Black teenagers sentenced to death by all-white jury on rape charges

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Employed jobless young men in rural projects like reforestation,park upkeep

How did Hollywood depict women in its movies?

Mixed ways, could find fulfillment in marriage or strong independent women

Which of the following was NOT true of the National Industrial Recovery Act?

Limited workers' collective bargaining rights.

What purpose of the National Resources Planning Board?

Facilitated state/regional management of water,soil,timber,minerals

Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?

WWI veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments

What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath?

Desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family

What did Eleanor Roosevelt see as her primary role as First Lady?

Wanted to serve as observer for FDR/ promote social reform

What did the 1935 Social Security Act do?

Offered workers' pensions, unemployment insurance, aid for disabled

Economists blamed all of the following for causing the depression EXCEPT?

Key industries embraced costly new technologies they could not support

What historic change took place during the 1936 presidential election?

Black voters switched parties from Republican to Democrat

How did US Steel in 1937 respond to the newly formed Steel Workers' Organizing Committee?

Recognized the union. gave wage increase, agreed to 40 hour work week

What vision of the future did the Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939 feature?

Complex interstate highway network of the future

What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith goes to Washington provide?

Patriotic/idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" on interests

Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal?

As late as 1939 more than 17% of the labor force remained jobless

What happened to Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan?

Had to drop it, but replaced 4 Supreme Court members who retired after

What feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 established the basic framework of federal agricultural policy?

Govt gave subsidies to producers of major farm commodities

Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover NOT take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?

Persuaded Congress to pass National Recovery Act,industrial self-regulation

Which of these was NOT an approach that FDR used during the early years of his administration to fight depression?

Nationalization of the railroads and steel industry

Which statement best describes FDR's position concerning the Depression in the 1932 presidential campaign?

Promised to end depression, but only gave vague plans on how he would

Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?

Fair Labor Standards Act: banned child labor/set minimum wage

How did the American economic crisis affect the European economy?

Collapsed as world trade declined

Which of the following was NOT an example of the affirmative cultural nationalism characteristic of the late 1930s?

John Dos Passos's The 42nd Parallel

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1
The Committee for Industrial Organization was established
Organize all workers in a particular industry/race,gender,skil didnt matter
By industrialists to undermine the power of labor unions
To organize skilled workers
By FDR as one of his "alphabet agencies" to address economic problems
2
Which of the following companies bitterly resisted unionization in the 1930s?
US Steel
Ford Motor Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
General Motors
3
Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?
Farm Holiday movement
Farm Credit Act
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
4
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the stock market in the months leading up to the October 1929 crash?
Market value of all stocks more than tripled in 4 years
Wasa frenzied upsurge in stock prices
Steep income-tax hikes suddenly cut the flow of money into the market
Investment trusts lured novices into the market
5
A growing anti-business attitude during the first Hundred Days of the New Deal could be detected in which program?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Securities Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
6
Which statement best describes union membership in the 1930s?
Membership held steady at about 5 million members
Gained membership, from 3 million in 1933 to 8 million in 1941
Lost membership, people took low wage jobs in poor conditions
Membership surged, 75% of American workers were unionized
7
What does the "monetarist" theory argue was the cause of the stock-market crash?
The Federal Reserve System's tight monetary policies
Herbert Hoover's insensitivity
Trade unions' high wage demands
The depressed agricultural sector's dragging impact
8
Which statement best expresses the mobility of African Americans during the 1930s?
Blacks poured into north cities, called "great migration"
Blacks poured into south cities for employment
Depression slowed down migration of blacks to the north
Depression made little difference because blacks already went north
9
Which statement best represents the economic status of farm families during the 1930s?
Farm families suffered less than other segments of society
Farm families prospered from 1933 onward due to New Deal reforms
Many farm families gave up because of debt and the drought
Three-fourths of the farms folded during the depression
10
The Scottsboro Boys were
Young CCC veterans who led campaign for FDR reelection in 1936
Union leaders in the US Steel strike
Major swing band of the 1930s
Black teenagers sentenced to death by all-white jury on rape charges
11
What environmental disaster struck the nation during the Depression?
Global warming
Dust Bowl
Locust Infestation
Potato famine
12
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Employed jobless young men in rural projects like reforestation,park upkeep
Brought together business leaders to draft codes of fair competition
Was a conservative political youth club
Was the precursor to the National Guard
13
Which of the following was NOT one of FDR's immediate responses to the banking crisis?
He nationalized the banks
He declared a "bank holiday" which closed banks for 4 days
He proposed the Emergency Banking Act
He set up procedures for managing failed banks
14
How did Hollywood depict women in its movies?
Mixed ways, could find fulfillment in marriage or strong independent women
As a threat to the tradition of home and family
As labor organizers who supported their husbands and workers' rights
As glamorous villians
15
Which of the following was NOT true of the National Industrial Recovery Act?
Appropriated #3.3 billion for public works programs to stimulate economy
It was declared unconstitutional
Limited workers' collective bargaining rights.
Embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-govt cooperation
16
What purpose of the National Resources Planning Board?
Facilitated federal govt's programs to protect national forests
Facilitated local construction of vital railways and roads
Facilitated state/regional management of water,soil,timber,minerals
Facilitated storage of supplies in case there was a world war
17
Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?
Young people who marched in the Civilian Conservation Corps
Farmers who threatened to dump agricultural products for not getting bonus
WWI veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments
Federal govt workers who objected to losing their christmas bonus
18
What did John Steinbeck describe in The Grapes of Wrath?
Desperate struggles of an uprooted dust-bowl family
Horrors of working in the California vineyards
Challenges of industrial labor in the 1930s
The collapse of a capitalist society
19
What did Eleanor Roosevelt see as her primary role as First Lady?
Wanted to personally draft legislation/forge foreign policy
Wanted to be a gracious hostess for White House guests
Wanted to promote an appreciation of the arts
Wanted to serve as observer for FDR/ promote social reform
20
How did the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) influence the labor movement?
Permitted closed shops
All of these choices
Guaranteed collective-bargaining rights
Outlawed practice of blacklisting union leaders
21
What did the 1935 Social Security Act do?
Guaranteed men right to work and bargain collectively
Established housing where unemployed could stay for free
Offered workers' pensions, unemployment insurance, aid for disabled
Provided workers a job if they were unemployed
22
Economists blamed all of the following for causing the depression EXCEPT?
Wage increases lagged behind factory output, reduced purchasing power
Key industries embraced costly new technologies they could not support
Housing,automobile,textile, other industries were overextended
Assembly-line production methods encouraged overproduction
23
Which of the following was NOT a popular pastime during the depression?
Reading novels and magazines
Taking long car rides
Going to the movies
Listening to the radio
24
What historic change took place during the 1936 presidential election?
Norman Thomas was first Communist Party member on the ballot
Women voters became a key constituency, came in record numbers
Roosevelt was elected president for third term
Black voters switched parties from Republican to Democrat
25
Which group faced appalling labor conditions in California's agricultural regions?
Mexican-Americans
German Americans
Asian-Americans
African-Americans
26
Which piece of the New Deal legislation established federal responsibility for social welfare/ framework for welfare?
Hatch Act
Wagner Act
Federal Securities Act
Social Security Act
27
How did US Steel in 1937 respond to the newly formed Steel Workers' Organizing Committee?
Countered establishment of company-sponsored employee association
Closed down union/drove socialists off the property
Recognized the union. gave wage increase, agreed to 40 hour work week
Engaged in protracted dispute with the union/ had major strike
28
What vision of the future did the Futurama exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939 feature?
Complex interstate highway network of the future
Automated home
Space travel
Model city crisscrossed by light-rail mass transit lines
29
What type of entertainment did the Frank Capra films Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Mr. Smith goes to Washington provide?
Comedies that lampooned New Deal policies
Gangster movies showing gritty images of urban America
Realistic docudramas about social problems
Patriotic/idealistic portrayals of the triumph of "the people" on interests
30
Which of the following is an accurate statement about unemployment during the New Deal?
It never fell below 75%
Never exceeded 7.5%, politicians exaggerated the crisis for their benefit
The jobless rate crept steadily upward from 1932 until 1945
As late as 1939 more than 17% of the labor force remained jobless
31
What happened to Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan?
The American people rejected it in a referendum
Turned out to be one of FDR's greatest triumphs
Had to drop it, but replaced 4 Supreme Court members who retired after
Was issue that enabled Republicans to retake control of Senate in 1938
32
Which of the following pieces of legislation was an attempt at campaign reform in the late 1930s?
Kennedy Act
McCain Act
Eggleston Act
Hatch Act
33
What feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 established the basic framework of federal agricultural policy?
Govt gave loans to farmers to invest in more land, machinery, and labor
Farm workers were now covered by collective bargaining/minimum wage laws
Govt encouraged survival of family farm by withholding aid to agribusiness
Govt gave subsidies to producers of major farm commodities
34
Which of the following steps did Herbert Hoover NOT take to revive the economy after the stock-market crash?
Advised municipal/state govts to create jobs through public-work projects
Urged business leaders to maintain wages and employment
Persuaded Congress to pass National Recovery Act,industrial self-regulation
Persuaded Congress to establish Reconstruction Finance Corporation
35
Which of these was NOT an approach that FDR used during the early years of his administration to fight depression?
Business-govt cooperation and pump-priming federal spending
Subsidized crop reduction
Nationalization of the railroads and steel industry
Public works projects to provide jobs and stimulate the economy
36
Which statement best describes FDR's position concerning the Depression in the 1932 presidential campaign?
Clearly outlined specific programs that would end the depression
Claimed depression was economic cycle, would eventually correct itself
Promised to end depression, but only gave vague plans on how he would
Called for US to abandon gold standard
37
What was the radio adaption of War of the Worlds about?
World War I
Spanish Civil War
War between Christian Europe and Islamic Middle East
An alien landing
38
Which of the following examples of New Deal legislation is correctly paired with what its purpose?
National Housing Act: Halted sale of tribal lands, tribes got back land
National Youth Administration: Gave unemployment insurance,welfare benefits
Federal Securities Exchange Act: Raised taxes on corporations/wealthy
Fair Labor Standards Act: banned child labor/set minimum wage
39
How did the American economic crisis affect the European economy?
Lost market share,American companies used illegal tactics to increase trade
Was hurt because it depended on American agricultural products
It was unaffected
Collapsed as world trade declined
40
Which of the following was NOT an example of the affirmative cultural nationalism characteristic of the late 1930s?
John Dos Passos's The 42nd Parallel
Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid
George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Thomas Hart Benton' paintings

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