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Chapter 22: Hardship and Hope in the 1930s: The Great Depression

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The Socialist party candidate for president in 1932 was:

Norman Thomas.Eugene V. Debs.William Z. Foster.Louis Frenna.Franklin D. Roosevelt.

To stop the run on banks, FDR called Congress into special session and announced:

a bank holiday.an end to gold exports.that he was raising tariffs on all American exports.that he would protect family farmers against farm foreclosures.the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

FDR's weekly radio communications with the American people were called:

the kitchen cabinet.the brain trust.the FDR Radio Hour.the Fireside Chats.the Cavalcade of Comedy.

The flurry of reform activity that characterized the first months of Roosevelt's presidency was called:

the 2^nd Progressive era.2^nd New Deal.the welfare state.the First Hundred Days.Black Tuesday.

The energetic and brash young reformer that FDR put in charge of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was:

Rexford Tugwell.Henry A. Wallace.Harry Hopkins.Frances Perkins.Harold Ickes.

Under the ____________, the government built five damns, improved twenty others, and constructed power plants; it produced and sold electricity to the valley's farmers and facilitated the development of industry in the region.

Tennessee Valley AuthorityCivilian Conservation CorpsFederal Emergency Relief AgencyWorks Progress AdministrationNational Recovery Administration

The Louisiana governor whose "Share Our Wealth" campaign threatened FDR from the political left was:

Huey P. Long.Henry Wallace.Charles Coughlin.William Z. Foster.Francis Townsend.

The founder of the Minnesota Farm-Labor party who declared himself for radical change was:

Floyd Olsen.Upton Sinclair.Francis Townsend.Robert LaFollette.Huey Long.

The ___________ established a system of old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and welfare benefits for dependent children and the disabled.

Tennessee Valley AuthorityAgricultural Adjustment ActNational Industrial Recovery ActSocial Security ActFederal Emergency Relief Act

The Works Progress Administration program that provided financial support for writers, musicians, artists and actors was called:

the Civil Works Administration.the Agricultural Adjustment Administration.The Securities and Exchange CommissionSocial Security.Federal One.

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