Quiz: Chapter 33

FDR's famous line "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" came from his:

• a. First inaugural address
• b. Nomination acceptance speech
• c. Declaration of war on Japan
• d. Atlantic Charter

Roosevelt's first major act in office was to:

• a. Declare a national bank holiday
• b. Create Social Security
• c. Propose the court-packing plan
• d. Sign the Wagner Act

Roosevelt's radio addresses that reassured the public were known as:

• a. Brain Trust broadcasts
• b. Fireside chats
• c. Blue Eagle bulletins
• d. New Deal news hours

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) attempted to raise farm prices by:

• a. Paying farmers to reduce production
• b. Banning food imports
• c. Nationalizing all farmland
• d. Fixing prices through the Wagner Act

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was ultimately:

• a. Struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935
• b. Renamed the WPA
• c. Merged into Social Security
• d. Expanded by the court-packing plan

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) primarily provided jobs to:

• a. Young unemployed men on conservation projects
• b. Bank executives
• c. Farmers only
• d. Supreme Court justices

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is best described as:

• a. A federal dam-building and electrification project
• b. A federal jobs program for artists
• c. A private banking consortium
• d. A veterans' relief agency

The Social Security Act of 1935 established:

• a. Old-age pensions and unemployment insurance
• b. The right to unionize
• c. Federal deposit insurance
• d. Farm price supports

The Wagner Act of 1935 primarily protected the right of workers to:

• a. Organize unions and bargain collectively
• b. Receive Social Security pensions
• c. Vote in national elections
• d. Own farmland

Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth" plan proposed to:

• a. Guarantee incomes funded by heavy taxes on the rich
• b. Abolish Social Security
• c. Pack the Supreme Court
• d. End farm subsidies

Roosevelt's 1937 "court-packing" plan aimed to:

• a. Add sympathetic justices to the Supreme Court
• b. Abolish the Supreme Court
• c. Impeach hostile justices
• d. Move the Court to a new building

The recession of 1937–38 demonstrated that:

• a. The New Deal had not fully cured the Depression
• b. The Depression had ended in 1935
• c. Social Security had failed completely
• d. World War II had already begun