Unit 5 Test Notes

February 11, 2015

1. After the New Deal had been in effect for two years, the U.S. economy showed only slight improvement.

2. Which program paid farmers not to grow certain crops, such as cotton, corn, wheat, and tobacco? the Agricultural Adjustment Administration

3. In terms of its main goal of ending the Depression, the New Deal was only a limited success, but it gave many Americans a sense of security and stability

4. The Fair Labor Standards Act abolished child labor, limited the workweek to 44 hours for most workers, and set the first federal minimum wage

5. Roosevelt’s desire to change the political balance on the Supreme Court led to the court-packing plan, which proved to be Roosevelt’s first serious political mistake.

6. Which figure in the Roosevelt administration was most active in bringing African Americans and women into the New Deal coalition? First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt

7. What did the bold series of programs and reforms that President Franklin Roosevelt launched in 1935 come to be called? the Second New Deal

8. Perhaps the most important result of President Franklin Roosevelt’s First New Deal was a noticeable change in the spirit of the American people

9. To regulate the stock market, Congress created the Securities and Exchange Commission

10. The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by issuing licenses to banks that federal examiners found financially sound

11. The period between March 9 and June 16, 1933, when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet the economic crisis of the Depression, was called the Hundred Days

12. President Hoover’s image was tarnished by the rout of the Bonus Marchers, as well as by the lingering Depression

13. When the Senate voted down a bill that promised an immediate $1,000 bonus to each veteran of World War I, some veterans camped out and demonstrated in Washington, D.C.

14. In 1932 President Hoover asked Congress to set up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in order to allow the government to make loans to businesses

15. During the Depression, most people were able to enjoy which two popular forms of entertainment? movies and radio

16. In search of work or a better life, many unemployed people rode the rails

17. Works Progress Administration funded the construction of highways, building, and parks

18. What did the bold series of programs and reforms that President Franklin Roosevelt launched in 1935 come to be called? the Second New Deal

19. In Schechter Poultry Company Corporation v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down the authority of the NRA

20. Father Coughlin, a former New Deal supporter with a popular radio show, called for the government to nationalize the banking system

21. After the New Deal had been in effect for two years, the U.S. economy showed only slight improvement

22. During the Depression, charities set up soup kitchens to give poor people meals.

23. At the time of the stock market crash, the government did not insure bank deposits, so customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed

24. The stock market took its steepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day now known as Black Tuesday

25. Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks with mostly borrowed money