Ch. 21 The New Deal Pt. 3 Flashcards
(26 cards)
The __________ _______ _________ brought electric power to many Americans for the first time.
Tennessee Valley Authority
True or False: When Franklin Roosevelt set out to appoint additional Justices of the United States Supreme Court in an effort to keep the Court from invalidating legislative measures of the Second New Deal, most Americans supported his initiative.
False
The 1930s proved to be the heyday of American __________ through the Popular Front.
Communism
The 1930s proved to be the heyday of American Communism through the ________ ______.
Popular Front
True or False: The break-up of large corporations is essential to economic recovery—this was a core principle of the New Deal.
False
When nine young black men—the “Scottsboro boys”—were arrested for the rape of two white women in Alabama in 1931, the _________-_________ ____________ _______ ________ represented them in what became an international cause célèbre
Communist-dominated International Labor Defense
True or False: Eleanor Roosevelt’s name before she married Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also Eleanor Roosevelt—she and her husband were distant cousins.
True
True or False: By the end of the 1930s, civil liberties had achieved a central place in the New Deal understanding of freedom.
True
Between 1929 and 1933, about _______ banks (__/__ of the nation’s total) failed.
5,000
1/3
When did black Americans abandoned their traditional allegiance to the Republican in favor of the Democrats and the New Deal?
In the 1934 and 1936 elections
True or False: Russia and Germany suffered under the tyrants Stalin and Hitler during the 1930s.
True
The 1936 election saw the crystallizing of the “____ _____ _________.”
New Deal coalition
True or False: While the status of Mexican-Americans improved markedly under the New Deal, that of American Indians grew substantially worse.
False
True or False: Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered the presidency in 1933 with a complex, detailed blueprint for dealing with the Great Depression.
False
True or False: By 1940, union membership had more than doubled from that of 1930
True
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) exempted businesses from _______ laws.
antitrust
The _______ ________ ___________ (____) exempted businesses from antitrust laws.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
The _______ ________ ___________ (____) exempted businesses from antitrust laws.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Section 7a of the _______ ________ ___________ recognized the rights of workers to organize unions.
National Recovery Administration
Section 7a of the National Recovery Administration recognized the rights of _______ to organize ______.
workers
unions
Section ___ of the National Recovery Administration recognized the rights of workers to organize unions.
7a
__________ _______ movements—such as those led by Upton Sinclair, Huey Long, Father Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend—did much to fuel the passage of the landmark Social Security Act.
Grassroots protest
Grassroots protest movements—such as those led by Upton Sinclair, Huey Long, Father Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend—did much to fuel the passage of the landmark ______ _______ ____.
Social Security Act
Grassroots protest movements—such as those led by ______ _______, _____ _____, Father _______ _______, and Dr. _______ _______—did much to fuel the passage of the landmark Social Security Act.
Upton Sinclair
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
Francis Townsend
