| The First New Deal | The Secong New Deal | The New Deal Affects Many Groups | Culture in the 1930s | The Impact of the New Deal |
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Who won the presidential election of 1932?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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What is the period of intense activity the Roosevelt administration launched Once FR took office?
The Hundred Days
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An educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans during the New Deal.
Mary McLeod Bethune
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Who is the painter of American Gothic?
Grant Wood
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What are some points supporting the New Deal?
Many historians and journalists make this judgment by using the economic criterion of creating jobs. The New Deal was a turning point in which the U.S. government assumed a greater responsibility for the economic welfare of its citizens.
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What is the program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression?
The New Deal
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Who is Franklin Roosevelt's wife?
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Who did President Roosevelt appointed in 1933 as commissioner of Indian affairs?
John Collier
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Who is the author of The Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
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What are some counterpoints towards the New Deal?
Most conservatives think President Roosevelt’s policies made the federal government too large and too powerful. They believe that the government stifled free enterprise and individual initiative.
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What act stepped to reorganize the banking system step to reorganize the banking system?
Glass-Steagall Act
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What is the focus of the Second Hundred Days?
During this phase, the president called on Congress to provide more extensive relief for both farmers and workers.
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What's the name of an alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party?
The New Deal Coalition
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What embodied the democratic spirit of the 1930s?
The radio
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What are some of the agencies that The federal government established to regulate banking and investment activities?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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What act required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations?
The Federal Securities Act
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Which act reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining?
the Wagner Act
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Who is America’s first female cabinet member?
Frances Perkins
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What is the tone of much of the art, music, and literature during the 1930s?
The subjects were sober and serious.
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What is the name of a price intended to keep farmers’ income steady?
The parity price
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What is the name of the policy for the government to spend more money than it receives in revenue?
Deficit spending
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What series of programs, headed by Harry Hopkins, intended to help youths, professionals, and other workers?
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Where did FR fail to support Civil Rights?
He refused to approve a federal antilynching law and an end to the poll tax, two key goals of the civil rights movement.
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Name some popular films during the 1930s.
Gone With the Wind (1939); Flying Down to Rio (1933)
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What happened to the government budget during that time?
The federal deficit increased to new highs.
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