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Chapter 27: The New Deal, 1933-1941

Multiple Choice Quiz #1

Multiple Choice Quiz #1
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	All of the following legislation came as part of the Second New Deal EXCEPT   Rural Electrification Administration. Wagner Act. Wealth Tax Act. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Social Security Act.

	The AAA of 1933 included all of the following EXCEPT   a guarantee of parity. restrictions on production with subsides to growers of wheat, cotton, tobacco, and pork. payment of farmers to destroy crops in fields. a tax on farm processors. rental payments to farmers for removing land from production.

	The NRA was declared unconstitutional because it   was an executive order, not congressional law. illegally gave federal protection to labor unions. levied a questionable tax on farm producers. accented production quotas. gave legislative authority to an executive agency.

	The Wagner Act   forbade the United States from transferring arms to Britain. authorized sit-down strikes. gave organized labor the right to bargain collectively. gave factory managers the right to limit union activity in their factories. sought to curb the role of bankers and munitions makers who had profited from World War I..

	Which of these was NOT an "extremist" critic of Roosevelt?   Charles Coughlin William Lemke Huey Long Francis Townsend Rexford Tugwell

	The "Roosevelt recession" of 1937 was caused by   sit-down strikes in automobile plants. FDR's Supreme Court "packing." cutbacks in the relief program. the Supreme Court's ruling the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. the enactment of the Wealth Tax Act.

	John Steinbeck's most acclaimed novel is   The Web and the Rock. The Long Valley. Tortilla Flat. Sanctuary. The Grapes of Wrath.

	Roosevelt's first Hundred Days included all the following EXCEPT   Social Security Act. Federal Securities Act. Tennessee Valley Authority. Home Owners Loan Corporation. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

	Social Security is financed by   direct levies on business. export tariffs. income taxes. a joint tax on wages and payrolls. a tax on food processors.

	Most Lend-Lease aid went to   Germany and Japan. Japan and Canada. Spain and Italy. Britain and the Soviet Union. France and Sweden.

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