Question 1

The Civilian Conservation Corps

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A)  was racially integrated.
B)  put the unemployed to work on rural and wilderness areas.
C)  included women.
D)  mostly employed the jobless rural poor.
E)  passed Congress despite Roosevelt's ambivalence about the project.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 2

The New Deal had moved far enough to the left by 1935 that the poorest of workers,including domestic servants and agricultural laborers,were covered by the Social Security Act.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The sit-down strike was an effective way to prevent companies from using strikebreakers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

By the end of President Roosevelt's first term,much of the corporate world had come to realize that the New Deal was attempting to save capitalism and was not its enemy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

One of Franklin Roosevelt's first acts as president was to close all ________.

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The answer of One of Franklin Roosevelt's first acts as...

Question 7

During his first term,President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

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The answer of Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________...

Question 9

Which of the following statements regarding the New Deal and women is NOT true?

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A)  The New Deal sanctioned sexually discriminatory wage rates.
B)  New Deal relief agencies offered relatively little employment for women.
C)  Women were encouraged to leave the workplace to help men get jobs.
D)  Many occupations dominated by women were excluded from Social Security.
E)  In general,women were major critics of the New Deal.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

The first female member of a president's cabinet,________,was secretary of labor.

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The answer of The first female member of a president's...

Question 11

The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During his first term,President Roosevelt considered relief to the unemployed to be the most important task.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Frances Perkins,the first female cabinet member in American history,was secretary of

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A)  commerce.
B)  agriculture.
C)  labor.
D)  health and human services.
E)  education.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 15

What have been the long-term legacies of the New Deal? What major historical assessments have been made of it?

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The New Deal, implemented by President F...

Question 16

The ________ Act of 1935 was arguably the single most important piece of social welfare legislation,to date,in American history.

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The answer of The ________ Act of 1935 was arguably...

Question 17

Discuss the fundamental shift that took place in the 1930s regarding the role of the federal government to help people in economic hardship.How would you assess this shift? Has it been useful or not? How does it relate to you personally today?

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In the 1930s, there was a fundamental sh...

Question 18

Under the National Industrial Recovery Act,the code writing was to be done by the Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

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The answer of The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be...

Exam 24: The New Deal

By the end of President Roosevelt's first term,much of the corporate world had come to realize that the New Deal was attempting to save capitalism and was not its enemy.

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Discuss the fundamental shift that took place in the 1930s regarding the role of the federal government to help people in economic hardship.How would you assess this shift? Has it been useful or not? How does it relate to you personally today?

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The ________ Act of 1935 was arguably the single most important piece of social welfare legislation,to date,in American history.

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During his first term,President Roosevelt considered relief to the unemployed to be the most important task.

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The Supreme Court declared both the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act to be unconstitutional.

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Conservatives and corporate leaders organized the ________ League to arouse public opposition to the New Deal.

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The Congress of Industrial Organizations was more receptive to women and blacks than the American Federation of Labor had been.

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Charles Coughlin quickly moved from supporting to opposing President Roosevelt.

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The sit-down strike was an effective way to prevent companies from using strikebreakers.

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What have been the long-term legacies of the New Deal? What major historical assessments have been made of it?

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Frances Perkins,the first female cabinet member in American history,was secretary of

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The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was to be financed by a tax on ________.

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Which of the following statements regarding the New Deal and women is NOT true?

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The Civilian Conservation Corps

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The first female member of a president's cabinet,________,was secretary of labor.

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The Rural Electrification Administration was more effective and affected more people than did the Resettlement Administration.

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Under the National Industrial Recovery Act,the code writing was to be done by the Congress.

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During his first term,President Roosevelt grew increasingly willing to openly attack corporate interests.

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The New Deal had moved far enough to the left by 1935 that the poorest of workers,including domestic servants and agricultural laborers,were covered by the Social Security Act.

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One of Franklin Roosevelt's first acts as president was to close all ________.

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