4.06 The New Deal

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Which three groups were helped by the Social Security Act?
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older people, disabled people, and unemployed people
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What was the end result of the proposal illustrated in this cartoon? No changes were made to the Supreme Court Five new justices were added to the Supreme Court The Supreme Court failed to support New Deal programs The position of Supreme Court justice became an appointed post
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No changes were made to the Supreme Court
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What was one short-term effect of the Emergency Banking Act?
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People stopped rushing to banks to withdraw all their savings
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Which of these was a part of the First New Deal?
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Public Works Administration
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Which of the following was created by the Banking Act of 1933?
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
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to raise depressed crop prices
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Which law most directly led to the General Motors sit-down strike in 1936?
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Wagner Act
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Which of these New Deal opponents advocated an idea that was adopted during the Second New Deal?
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Francis Townsend
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Why were Americans most likely willing to accept such a large growth of the federal government?
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Federal programs helped their own lives
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With which New Deal agency did the National Recovery Administration most closely work?
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Public Works Administration
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What was the primary goal of the New Deal?
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provide economic relief, reform, and recovery
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What statement best describes the artist's viewpoint in this cartoon? Most Americans would support Roosevelt no matter what. Roosevelt's plans to expand the Supreme Court were not well thought out. The government did not have money to spend on new buildings. Congress would cease to pass Roosevelt's initiatives mostly because of the court-packing plan.
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Roosevelt's plans to expand the Supreme Court were not well thought out.
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Why was the National Recovery Administration unsuccessful?
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The rules and codes it created were too complex.
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Which of the following was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority?
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dams
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How did Roosevelt often talk directly to the American people?
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radio fireside chats
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How did Roosevelt change the role of the U.S. president during the New Deal?
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He strengthened the authority of the office to make policy.
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Why were radio comedies so popular during the 1930s?
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Comedies offered a chance for people to forget their worries
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What was one long-term effect of the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps?
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New forests and improved lands flourished around the nation.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act outlawed
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child labor
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Besides providing funds to those in need, which of the following may have been another goal of the Social Security Act?
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to encourage older workers to retire so younger workers had more jobs available
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Which agency staged the production advertised in this photograph? Civilian Conservation Corps Public Works Administration Tennessee Valley Authority Works Progress Administration
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Works Progress Administration
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The passage of the Wagner Act legalized which of the following?
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labor unions
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Huey Long criticized the New Deal based on which of the following beliefs?
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The New Deal did not go far enough to redistribute wealth
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What conclusion is best supported by the data in this table? The Fair Labor Standards Act still affects workers' wages today. Workers today make more money thanks to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Rising minimum wages have made the Fair Labor Standards Act irrelevant. Minimum wages must rise at a steady rate according to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act still affects workers' wages today.
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What was one major difference between the First New Deal and the Second New Deal?
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The First New Deal tried to restore basic economic functions, and the Second New Deal tried to improve people's lives