Dual ENrollment Ch. 25 history 11th

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The Dust Bowl of the 1930s in the semiarid lands west of the 98th meridian was

sixty years in the making

Why did Wisconsin dairy farmers overturn tens of thousands of milk cans in 1932?

They were trying to raise the price of milk

Approximately what percentage of Civilian Conservation Corps results were African American?

10%

As Herbert Hoover entered the presidency in 1929, all of the following were true of him EXCEPT that he

was a self-preoccupied investment banker

Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression can best be summarized as

initially, a voluntarist approach to both recovery and relief, but then an unprecedented series of active government measures

At first, president Hoover tried to stimulate the economy

indirectly, by encouraging cooperative private initiatives

The Bonus Army was a

group of veterans who came to Washington to get bonuses promised them for services in WW1

Besides the defeat of the discredited Hoover, what else did the election of 1932 accomplish?

It solidified the shift to a Democratic Party majority

Franklin Roosevelt

united Democrats in the South with citizens in industrial cities

Which statement about the New Deal is true?

Labor Unions, taking advantage of New Deal legislation, secured impressive gains despite Roosevelt;s aloof attitude

During her years as 1st Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

was a passionate spokeswoman for the underdog and the disadvantaged

The New Deals first step to achieve recovery dealt with

banking

What New Deal agency put young, single men to work planting trees, building parks and fighting soil erosion

Civilian Conservation Corps

Under the National Recovery Administration, industry was encouraged to adopt “codes of fair practice” that would do all of the following EXCEPT

free prices from monopolistic constraints

One of the most important achievements of the New Deal in the area of banking was included in a 1933 act. This key reform

was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, so that the government would guarantee bank deposits

In the Second New Deal, Roosevelt did all of the following EXCEPT

establish full economic recovery

Which program was enacted during the Second New Deal

an insurance program for the elderly

Which of the following best describes the election of 1936

It was turned into a contest between the haves and haves-nots

Roosevelt’s Administration, under the prodding of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harold Ickes,

began to support racial integration, and banned discrimination in certain programs

What best describes the character of the post office murals painted during the Depression

They showed common folk from the region doing common, traditional tasks