US History II (His202) - Chapter 28

1. Which of the following acts provided a pension fund for retired people over the age of 65?

The National Labor Relations Act

The Social Security Act

The Revenue Act of 1935

None of the above

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt almost faced political defeat due to:

Small pox

Polio

Yellow fever

A bullet

3. The Emergency Banking Relief Act

Granted $2.5 million to banks

Took seven days to pass

Allowed stable banks to reopen and provided managers to the unstable banks following the bank holiday

Brought in foreign bank managers to stablize banks following the bank holiday

4. Roosevelt became the Democratic presidential nominee after

Serving as governor of New York

Holding a seat in Senate

Serving as Wilson's assistant secretary of the navy

All of the above

5. The Wagner Act

Was the cornerstone of the New Deal

Proposed a federal system of social security for the aged

Set up a shared federal-state unemployment-insurance program

Gave workers the right to bargain with employers through unions

6. In the election of 1932,

Desperate people turned to radical alternatives in extreme amounts

Hoover strongly addressed the international causes of the Depression

Norman Thomas was the Communist party candidate

Roosevelt won by a massive margin

7. Roosevelt declared a bank holiday to

Resolve union concerns with bank employees

Restore confidence in the financial system

Reorganize the management of Federal banks

Encourage the public to keep their money elsewhere

8. "The Kingfish" is the nickname of

Charles E. Coughlin

Huey Long

FDR

Francis Townsend

9. Roosevelt's New Deal pledged to

Balance the budget, regulate electric companies, and repeal the Prohibition amendment

Regulate Federal spending, expand big business, and raise taxes for city dwellers

Settle international debts, support electric companies, and raise taxes for farmers

None of the above

10. The National Youth Administration (NYA) operated under

The Works Progress Administration

The Civilian Conservation Corps

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration

The Public Works Administration

11. Lyndon Johnson was a director of

The Civilian Conservation Corps

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration

The National Youth Administration

The Public Works Administration

12. "Okies" came from

Poor Northern states

Oklahoma only

Several cotton belt communities

Oklahoma and Arkansas only

13. Roosevelt's attempt to enlarge the Court of Congress

Was successful, and became a major took in the Second New Deal

Was unsuccessful, because it was not Constitutional

Was unsuccessful, because it was too political and offended members of Congress

None of the above

14. Which of the following was formed to provide useful jobs to working-class men age eighteen to twenty-five

National Industry Recovery Act (NIRA)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Public Works Administration (PWA)

15. On the president's radio-broadcast "fireside chats," he announced that

It was safe to keep money in a reopened bank

The bank system was little more secure than keeping money under a mattress

Individuals should withdraw remaining funds from banks until the economy was stable

None of the above