Chapter 22 Quiz

. By 1930, the newer industries that fueled the economy of the United States included all of the following except

automobiles.

coal.

clothing

processed foods.

. Between 1929 and 1933, the combined incomes of American workers

fell by more than 40 percent.

increased by a healthy 10 percent.

topped $100 billion for the first time.

were not directly affected by the decline in gross national product.

. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff is generally believed to have prevented

additional bank failures after 1930.

international trade from lifting the economy out of depression.

deficit spending during the depression.

worrisome increases in unemployment.

. Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 for all of the following reasons except

The public viewed Hoover as cold and ineffective at dealing with the Depression.

Roosevelt had announced the specifics of his New Deal package of legislation.

Hoover's public image was damaged by the way he handled by the Bonus Marcher incident.

Roosevelt's confidence and charisma provided hope for many American voters.

. The "Hundred Days" refers to

the active first three months of FDR's first term of office.

the "lame duck" final few months of Hoover's presidency.

the immediate aftereffects of the stock market crash.

the length of the sit-down strikes against General Motors.

. The New Deal agency that employed young people to build roads and trails in the national parks was known by the acronym

FERA.

CWA.

CCC.

NRA.

. The Blue Eagle was a symbol of the

Democrats' efforts to win the presidency in 1932.

National Industrial Recovery Act.

Civilian Conservation Corps.

new Army Air Corps.

. All of the following were reasons that some Americans joined the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in the 1930s except

The CPUSA defended the Scottsboro Boys.

The CPUSA was skillfully organized and infiltrated certain labor unions.

The CPUSA's "popular front" strategy called for support of the New Deal.

The CPUSA maintained an ideological rigidity and self-destructive deference to the dictates of the Soviet Union.

. The WPA was criticized for all of the following except

It lacked popular support.

Officials used the agency for political patronage.

Many were put to work on meaningless "make-work" projects.

The wages it paid varied from one part of the country to another.

. The Social Security Act in 1935 originally provided for all of the following benefits except

unemployment insurance.

aid to families with dependent children.

medical care.

pensions to the elderly.

. What New Deal measure guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and bargain collectively?

The Fair Labor Standards Act

The National Labor Relations Act

The National Industrial Recovery Act

The Congress of Industrial Organizations

. In the 1936 presidential election the voters demonstrated that

Huey Long remained a potent long-range threat.

the Republican Party had regained some of the support it lost in 1932.

the Democratic Party had finally lost its hold on the South.

President Roosevelt's programs were extremely popular.

. Blacks joined the Democratic Party in large numbers in the election of 1936 because

Roosevelt worked for passage of anti-lynching and civil rights laws.

the Republican nominee, Alf Landon, announced opposition to any civil rights measures that Congress might consider.

Roosevelt sought to remove conservatives from their committee chairpersonships in Congress.

The New Deal offered more assistance to poor, unemployed African Americans than any previous national programs.

. President Roosevelt lost much of his political dominance in the 1937–38 period because of all of the following except

his failure to secure enactment of a minimum wage law.

the thwarting of his attempt to enlarge the Supreme Court with his political allies.

a sharp recession within the Depression.

the issuance of a congressional conservative manifesto.

. The New Deal

ended the Depression.

did not end the Depression.

sealed FDR's fate as a failed president.

ruined the power of the Supreme Court.

. How did the Civilian Conservation Corps change American environmentalism?

The broader public reacted more negatively to it.

Environmentalism became a concern of a small elite group.

Environmentalism became a concern shared by a broader segment of the American population.

The CCC harmed the environment and gave environmentalists a cause to rally against.

. The 1937 Ohio River flood demonstrated which of the following?

The need for the TVA

The American environment's susceptibly to environmental disasters due to manifest destiny

The power of the New Deal to help everyday Americans in a moment of crisis

The inability of the New Deal to help everyday Americans in a moment of crisis

. What was Dorothea Lange best known for during the Great Depression?

Photographing the effects of the Depression on everyday Americans

Fighting against federal activism

Rallying African Americans to vote Democratic

Performing in a variety of popular films

. How did the New Deal treat the rural poor?

It did little for them, despite targeted initiatives to help them.

Production controls helped all farmers.

White farmers prospered and Black farmers suffered.

It greatly aided farmers and urban dwellers, who migrated in large numbers to rural areas.

. What caused the "Roosevelt Recession"?

Unemployment in all areas except automobile production

Rising Federal debt because of heavy government funding

The outbreak of World War II

FDR's sharp cutback in relief expenditures

. The Civilian Conservation Corps

built the Tennessee Valley Authority.

displaced as many as 200,000 Black tenant farmers from their land.

sent 250,000 young men to do reforestation and conservation work around the nation.

enlisted approximately equal numbers of young men and young women.

. The Tennessee Valley Authority was involved in all of the following except

hydroelectric power.

soil conservation and reforestation.

oil drilling.

the manufacturing of fertilizers.

.

Map shows Extent of Dust Bowl. Most severe wind erosion, 1935 to 1938, is a small irregular circle with its diameter at the meeting points of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Severe Wind Erosion 1940 is an irregular shaped upside down triangle including regions of east Colorado and west Kansas and a very tiny region In Oklahoma. Severe wind erosion 1938 occurs in an irregular circle around and including the most severe wind erosion and severe wind erosion 1940 regions. Severe wind erosions 1935 to 1936 is an irregular elongated oval including regions of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

Map 22-1: Extent of the Dust Bowl. The situation depicted illustrates which of the following continuities in US history?

The benefits of the TVA

That the prosperity of the 1920s had not extended to farmers

The "Exoduster" movement

The comprehensive response of Herbert Hoover's government to the Depression

. All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except

international trade barriers.

the chaotic state of banking.

the crash of the stock market on October 29, 1929.

Germany and Austria's inabilities to repay World War I reparations.

. "Black Tuesday" marked the culmination of a stock market decline, which within a month left investors with about half their previous holdings.

True

False

. General Douglas MacArthur and Major George Patton were assigned the task of breaking up the Bonus Marchers in the summer of 1932.

True

False

. The Democrats accused President Hoover of opposing various measures that might have relieved poverty or stimulated recovery during the Depression.

True

False

. The TVA was proposed by southern senators who wanted to develop the area surrounding the Tennessee River in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

True

False

. Senator Huey Long, challenged Franklin Roosevelt for renomination at the 1936 Democratic convention.

True

False

. In 1932, the term "bonus" referred to profits from the sale of stock in national banks.

True

False

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