- Which of the following suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was structurally unstable?
Your answer:
Increased productivity did not generate a corresponding increase in workers' salaries.
Numerous manufacturing industries were overproducing.
Farm prices had been declining throughout the 1920s.
Important sectors of industry lagged technologically and could not attract investment.
all of these
- The "monetarist" theory as to the cause of the stock-market crash blames mainly
Your answer:
the Federal Reserve System.
Herbert Hoover.
the capitalist system.
trade unions.
the depressed agricultural sector.
- Which of the following best characterizes Herbert Hoover's handling of the depression?
Your answer:
He followed the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to do nothing and wait for economic recovery to occur naturally.
His efforts were limited by his fears of unbalancing the federal budget and concentrating too much power and responsibility in the government in Washington.
He refused to have the federal government help failing business corporations.
He initiated vast new programs to employ the jobless, control farm surpluses, and regulate banking and the stock exchange.
He slashed government spending and pushed through a massive cut in income taxes.
- Which of the following is true about Roosevelt's 1932 campaign for the presidency?
Your answer:
Roosevelt was the front-running candidate among the Democrats and won the nomination on the first ballot.
Roosevelt attacked Hoover for reckless spending and insisted that the federal government play a larger economic role only as a last resort.
Roosevelt chose fellow New Yorker Al Smith as his running mate.
Roosevelt tried to reinforce the dignity of the presidency by returning to the old "front porch" strategy of William McKinley.
Roosevelt presented a clear and specific program to the American people on how he would fight the depression.
- Which of the following did Franklin Roosevelt use during the early years of his administration to fight the depression?
Your answer:
industrial recovery through business-government cooperation and pump-priming federal spending
agricultural recovery through subsidized crop reduction
short-term emergency relief for the jobless, provided directly by the federal government if necessary
all of these
none of these
- Eleanor Roosevelt believed her primary role as First Lady was to
Your answer:
serve as an observer for her husband and promote social reform.
be a gracious hostess for the many dignitaries who visited the White House.
personally draft legislation and forge foreign policy.
promote an appreciation of the arts.
support her husband and be a light presence at social functions.
- The Civilian Conservation Corps
Your answer:
put half a million young men and women to work in camps across the country.
was a conservative political youth club.
employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.
brought together business leaders to draft codes of fair competition.
was the precursor to the National Guard.
- Which New Deal initiative paid farmers subsidies to take acreage out of production?
Your answer:
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933
the Farm Credit Act
the Farm Holiday movement
the McNary-Haugen bill
the Tennessee Valley Authority Act
- Which of the following was not true of the National Industrial Recovery Act?
Your answer:
It embodied ideas of industrial self-regulation and business-government cooperation and drew on the idea of trade associations which had been promoted by Herbert Hoover.
It was declared unconstitutional.
It appropriated $3.3 billion for heavy-duty government public-works programs to provide jobs and stimulate the economy.
Under it, major industries drafted codes of "fair competition," setting production limits, prescribing wages and working conditions, and forbidding price cutting.
It limited workers' collective bargaining rights.
- Which of the following agencies was created during Hoover's administration to help failing business corporations and continued to be active through the New Deal years?
Your answer:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Recovery Administration
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- Roosevelt's "court-packing" plan
Your answer:
met with approval from Congress, including New Deal supporters and many conservatives who felt it was time for a change.
would have violated the constitutional requirement for nine Supreme Court justices.
proved unnecessary because Roosevelt was able to replace four members of the Supreme Court who died or retired.
turned out to be one of Roosevelt's greatest triumphs.
was the issue that enabled the Republicans to retake control of the Senate in the 1938 election.
- What feature of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 established the basic framework of federal agricultural policy for decades to come?
Your answer:
The government encouraged farmers to destroy crops, dump milk, and, if necessary, slaughter animals to reduce surpluses.
In order to boost agricultural production the government made loans to farmers to invest in more land, machinery, and labor.
In years of big harvests and low prices, the government would make loans to farmers and store their surplus crops in government warehouses.
The government encouraged the survival of the family farm by withholding aid to agribusiness.
Farm workers were now covered by collective bargaining and minimum wage laws.
- Which of the following statements is not true about the New Deal?
Your answer:
The New Deal brought about full economic recovery, and by 1939 unemployment was no longer a serious problem.
The New Deal vastly increased the power and prestige of the presidency.
The New Deal assumed a fundamental governmental responsibility to promote economic prosperity and the well-being of all citizens.
As the New Deal evolved, it acted as a broker for all organized interest groups--including agriculture and labor, not just business.
In the course of the New Deal, a fundamental political realignment took place.
- Which of the following environmental causes was not advanced during the New Deal?
Your answer:
soil conservation
clean air
forest preservation
wildlife preservation
national park movement
- The Committee for Industrial Organization was established
Your answer:
to organize skilled workers.
by industrialists to undermine the power of labor unions.
by President Roosevelt as one of his "alphabet agencies" to address economic problems.
to bring workers for "Little Steel" into the collective-bargaining cycle.
to organize all workers in a particular industry, regardless of race, gender, or degree of skill.