True or False Chapter 23 Self-Quiz 1

s3e_TF 23.1

. At the depth of the nation's Great Depression, many Americans called for a president with near-dictatorial powers.

. By 1933, one million farms had been seized in foreclosures.

. In the 1932 election, Democrats gained a near three-quarter majority in the House and almost a two-third majority in the Senate.

. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provided government insurance for all individual deposits under $5,000.

. One of the strengths of the National Recovery Administration was its focus on boosting private investments in the economy.

. In order to highlight his Good Neighbor Policy, Franklin Roosevelt toured several Latin American countries and made an additional stop in Hawaii.

. The Republican presidential challenger in 1936, Alfred Landon, charged that Roosevelt had failed to grasp the necessary executive power to restore economic prosperity.

. The nation's biggest professional baseball team of the 1930s was the Boston Red Sox.

. During the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt traveled the nation tirelessly to assess the state of Americans' living conditions.

. Some Indian chiefs rejected John Collier's reverence for tradition, complaining that he seemed to force them to "return to the blanket."

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