American Pageant Ch 33 Reading Quiz [Unit 7]

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was most notable for

• aiding big cities at the expense of farmers.

• undermining state and local governments.

• providing moderate social reform without radical revolution or reactionary fascism.

• ending the Great Depression.

By 1938, the New Deal

• had plainly failed to achieve its objectives.

• turned more toward direct relief than social reform.

• had lost most of its momentum.

During the 1930s,

• the national debt doubled.

• the New Deal substantially closed the gap between production and consumption in the American economy.

• businesspeople eventually came to admire President Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

As a result of the 1937 “Roosevelt recession,”

• Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics.

• Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938.

• Social Security taxes were reduced.

• Roosevelt backed away from further economic experiments.

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court,

• the Court began to support New Deal programs.

• much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional.

• Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine.

President Roosevelt's “Court-packing” scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court

• more sympathetic to New Deal programs.

• more independent of Congress.

• more conservative.

The 1936 election was most notable for

• Roosevelt's loss of support among post-immigration Catholics and Jews.

• the large number of blacks who still voted Republican out of gratitude to Abraham Lincoln.

• its reflection of a bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.

• a strong third-party effort by the American Liberty League.

The primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations was

• the organization of all workers within an industry.

• the maintenance of “open shop” industries.

• the organization of trade unions.

• the effective enforcement of “yellow dog” contracts.

The National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial to

• unskilled workers.

• trade associations.

• skilled workers.

• the unemployed.

• employers.

The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that

• authorized the Public Works Administration (PWA).

• established the Social Security system.

• established the NRA.

• gave labor the right to bargain collectively.