US 2 - Ch 23 New Deal

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to...

___ organized the Black Cabinet, a group of Af.Ams. who advised the FDR admin on race issues.

What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration?

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

Put 100s of thousands of young/single men to work building roads, parks, helping soil & floods.

Set a national minimum hourly wage & prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen.

Addressed problem of unemloyment/poverty by making jobs (constructing buildings/sewing clothes)

Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the SupCrt?

Provided bank inspections by the Treasury Dept. & a for making federal loans to solid banks.

The public perceived many characteristics in President FDR, but ___ was likely NOT one of them.

___ claimed that New Deal policies were inadequate & proposed a program called Share-Our-Wealth

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings.

___ used music to express the hardships of American life during the Depression.

___ reflected FDR's concern for the natural environment.

Provided pensions for retired workers/spouses & helped disabled, poor moms w/kids, & elderly.

What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?

Which of the following was most responsible for creating new jobs & putting people to work

Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans feeling the Dust Bowl?

Created to reform & restore confidence in the stock market by monitoring & enforcing laws.

Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law?

Which New Deal policy had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy?

Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?

___ were LEAST likely to be a part of the New Deal coalition.

This rebuilt dams & provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region.

Protected the right of workers to join unions & established National Labor Relations Board.

Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet?