ID the Act which established codes of fair industrial practice and promoted industrial growth?

National Industrial Recovery Act

Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

Securities and Exchange Commission

Based on the chart, what impact did the start of World War II have on unemployment in the US?

UE rose from 21% in 1937 to 25% in 1939; GER invaded POL.

Congress refused to enact President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s court-packing plan because the plan

Threatened to upset constitutional system of checks and bals

Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?

expanding the role of government in citizens' lives

Which economic trend of the 1920’s best exemplifies a cause of the Great Depression?

Widening income gap between the rich and the poor

Analyze the chart above and choose the most accurate statement.

US’s entrance in WWII had a positive effect on unemployment

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1
ID the Act which established codes of fair industrial practice and promoted industrial growth?
Wagner Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Federal Securities Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
2
What Act required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings?
Fair Labor Standards Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Federal Securities Act
Glass Steagall Act
3
Who was the wife of the 32nd President of the United States
Marion Anderson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
4
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Securities and Exchange Commission
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Act
5
What was NOT a component of the New Deal?
Relief
Reform
Recovery
Reconstruction
6
Based on the chart, what impact did the start of World War II have on unemployment in the US?
UE reached its highest point as a result of war in Europe.
UE dropped 14% as a result of the start of war in Europe.
UE remained the same despite the start of the war in Europe.
UE rose from 21% in 1937 to 25% in 1939; GER invaded POL.
7
Congress refused to enact President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s court-packing plan because the plan
Entrusted too much power to the judicial branch
Required passage of a constitutional amendment
Threatened to upset constitutional system of checks and bals
Called for an increase in income taxes
8
Who was the woman that became the first American female cabinet member?
Marion Anderson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
9
Who was denied the opportunity to sing for the DAR because she was an African American?
Marion Anderson
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
10
Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?
restricting the spending by government on domestic projects
expanding the role of government in citizens' lives
expanding the authority of legislative representatives
regulating the stock purchases by individual investors
11
Which economic trend of the 1920’s best exemplifies a cause of the Great Depression?
Rising cost of mass-produced goods
Falling tariff rates
Increasing income tax rates
Widening income gap between the rich and the poor
12
Which factor contributed most to the situation shown in the cartoon?
Creation of a national bank
Low tariff rates
Nonregulation of banks
Shortages of consumer goods
13
Analyze the chart above and choose the most accurate statement.
The unemployment rate was at its highest in 1944.
The unemployment rate was at its lowest in 1933.
The US’s entrance into WWII caused a rise in unemployment.
US’s entrance in WWII had a positive effect on unemployment
14
Who was appointed to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration?
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
Marion Anderson
15
Identify which of the following programs was not affiliated with finances or investments.
Federal Securities Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Glass Steagall Act
Fair Labor Standards Act

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