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Roosevelt's reelection in 1936 came as no surprise since the entire business community and most of the national newspapers supported the Democrats.

A) True
B) False

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Religion on the radio in the 1930s:


A) had little influence on American public views about politics.
B) helped pave the way for the use of broadcast media to disseminate religious messages in the twentieth century.
C) was characterized by Father Charles E. Coughlin, whose show criticizing government economic intervention amounted to a "holy crusade" in support of big business and Wall Street bankers.
D) replaced traveling evangelist preachers.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The National Industrial Recovery Act:


A) was never passed.
B) established codes that set standards for production, prices, and wages in several industries.
C) established codes that continued the open-shop policies of the 1920s.
D) encouraged "cutthroat" competition between businesses.
E) was an economic policy later adopted successfully in Hitler's Germany.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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What prompted as many as 200,000 American citizens to leave the country during the Great Depression?


A) They sought exile in the Soviet Union where they hoped economic planning would bring about prosperity more quickly.
B) They returned to their home countries in Europe, frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity in the United States.
C) Some children had little choice as they went with their Mexican-born parents to Mexico.
D) These Americans often traveled to Latin America, trying to promote the policies of the New Deal.
E) They deeply resented the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The Wagner Act banned goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce, set forty cents as the minimum hourly wage, and required overtime pay for hours of work exceeding forty per week.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Migrant workers

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In 1938, Congress established the House Un-American Activities Committee, which:


A) was part of the expanded notion of civil liberties under the New Deal.
B) included liberals and unionists in its definition of "un-American."
C) focused on fascism and ultranationalists.
D) focused on racism and white supremacy in the South.
E) focused only on communists.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Wagner Act


A) investigated disloyalty
B) hydroelectric project
C) International Labor Defense
D) radio address
E) large and active government
F) drought-struck area around Oklahoma and Texas
G) Roosevelt's first action
H) recognized labor unions
I) communists
J) minimum retirement program
K) blue eagle
L) relief for young men

M) C) and D)
N) J) and L)

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Which of the following offers the BEST description of the "First New Deal?"


A) It reduced the nation's unemployment rate by 80%.
B) It saw more failure than success, in terms of job creation and infrastructure improvement.
C) It faced very little challenge from critics across a broad spectrum of American society.
D) It was essentially a set of policy experiments that had mixed results.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The Fair Labor Standards Act instituted all of the following changes EXCEPT:


A) it banned goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce.
B) it established the fifty-hour workweek.
C) it set the minimum wage.
D) it required overtime pay.
E) it regulated working conditions.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Wagner Act

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The Civilian Conservation Corps:


A) was created during the "Second New Deal."
B) was headed by Hugh S. Johnson.
C) put young women to work in schools.
D) put older workers back to work.
E) put young men to work in national parks.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Court-packing

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Which statement about the Indian New Deal is FALSE?


A) It ended the policy of forced assimilation.
B) It allowed Indians cultural autonomy.
C) It continued the policy of the Dawes Act.
D) It replaced boarding schools with schools on reservations.
E) It failed to allow reservations access to irrigated water from the Grand Coulee Dam.

F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Harold Ickes


A) end poverty in California
B) black educator
C) Secretary of the Interior
D) CIO
E) Commissioner of Indian Affairs
F) Secretary of Labor
G) Popular Front dancer
H) Republican presidential candidate
I) Court-packing plan
J) wrote about migrant workers
K) "Share Our Wealth" movement
L) organized a Marian Anderson concert

M) B) and G)
N) F) and H)

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