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history 202 - packet questions (chapters 32, 33,

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franklin roosevelt´s ________ contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will.
affliction with infantile paralysis
eleanor roosevelt had honed her own skills and development a personal network of reform activists through
her experience in settlement houses and women´s reform organizations
the democratic party platform on which franklin roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for
extensive social reforms and a balanced budget
in 1932, franklin roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the great depression by
experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform
the phrase hunderd days refers to the
flood legislation passed by congress in the first months of franklin roosevelts presidency
one striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was
african americans shifted from their republican allegiance and became a vital element in the democratic party
the group that had experienced the worst suffering as a result of the great depression was
african americans
while franklin roosevelt waited to assume the presidency in early 1933, herbert hoover unsuccessfully tried to get the president-elect to commit to
an anti-inflammatory policy that would have made the new deal impossible
the works progress administration was a major ____ program of the new deal; the public works administration was a long-range program; and the sociela security act was a major ___ program.
relief; recovery; reform
when franklin roosevelt assumed the presidency in march 1933
he received unprecedented congressional support
the glass-steagall act
created the federal deposit insurance corporation to insure individual bank deposits
the most immediate emergency facing FDR when he became presudent in march 1933 was
the collapse of nearly the entire banking system
immediately after taking office, FDR responded to the banking crisis by
closing all american banks for a week, while reorganizing them on a sounder basis
FDR took america off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to
simulate inflation
all of the following are true statments about the men who joined the CCC except
many of the men had criminal records
the new deal program of the following agency represented the most economically complex, managerially ambitious, and unsuccessful new deal effort to achieve recovery and reform the entire american economy
national recovery administration
probably the most radically economic new deal program that provoked widespread charges of creeping socialism by republican and conservative critiscs of FDR´s administration was the
tennessee valley authority
FDR´s chief administrator of relief and one of his closest advisors
harry hopkins
senator huey p long of louisiana gained a large national following by promising to
share our wealth by raising taxes on the rich and giving every family 5,000$
the national recovery administration failed largely because
it required to much self-sacrifice on the part on industry, labor, and the public
roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because
he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs
the first agricultural adjustment act raised the money that it paid to farmers not to grow crops by
taxing processors of farm products
the agricultural adjustment act proposed to solve the farm problem by
reducing agricultural production
both ratified in the 1930s, the 20th amendment _____ and the 21st amendment ____.
shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
all of the following contributed to the dust bowl of the 1930s except
farmers failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment
in 1935, FDR set up the resettlement administration to
help farmers who were victims of the dust bowl
the indian reorganization act of 1934 attempted to
reverse the forced assimilation of native americans into white society by establishing tribal self government
most dust bowl migrants headed to
california
the fate of most of the okies and other dust bowl migrants who headed west to california was that they
found themselves mired in poverty, squalor, and lack of economic opportunity in the san joaquin valley
the federal securities act and the securities exchange commission aimed to
provide full disclosure of information and prevent insider trading and other fraudulent practices
some native americans denounced the indian reorganization act because its provisions
encouraged native americans to create and promote a faux museum piece livelyhood and embrace certain native traditions and lifestyles incompatible with the modern 20th century world
the federally-owned TVA was seen as a particular threat to
the private electrical utility industry
the most controversial aspect of the TVA was its effect to
provide cheap electrical power in competition with private industry
the social securities act of 1935 provided all the following except
health care for the poor
the national labor relations act proved most benefical to
unskilled workers
the wagner act of 1935 proved to be trailblazing law to
gave labor the legal right to organize and bargain collectively
the primary interest of the congress of industrial organization was
the organization of all unskilled workers and semiskilled workers within an industry
FDRs court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the supreme court
upheld the constitutionaly of legally challenged new deal programs
after FDRs failed attempt to pack the supreme court
the court began to rule the new deal programs were constitutional
by 1938, the new deal
had lost most of its momentum
FDR undermined the london economic conference because
any agreement to stabilize nation currencies might hurt americas recovery from the great depression
as a result of FDRs withdraw from the london economic conference
the trend toward extreme nationalism was strengthened
one internationalust action by FDR in his first term in office was
the formal recognition of the soviet union
FDRs recognition of the soviet union was undertaken partly
in hope of developing a diplomatic counterweight to the rising power of japan and germany
in promising to grant the philippines independence, the US was
providing tacit encouragement to japanese militarists who eyed the philippines as a target for their imperialist ambitious in asia and the pacfic
FDR embarked on the good neighbor policy in part because
he was eager to enlist latin american allies to defend the western hemisphere against dictators
as part of his good neighbor policy toward latin america, FDR developed more generous policies of
removing american controls on haiti, cuba, and panama
the net effect of most of FDRs foreign policy moves in his first term in office suggested that
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FDRs foreign trade policy
lowered tarrifs to increase trade
throughout most of the 1930s, majorities of the american people responded to the aggresive actions of germany, italy, and japan by
retreating further into isolation
facist aggresion in the 1930s included mussolinis invasion of ______, hitlers invasion of _______, and francos overthrow of the republican government of _______.
ethiopia, czechoslovakia, spain
by the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to
forbid a declaration of war by congress unless first approved by a popular referendum
passage of the neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 by the US resulted in all of the following except
a decline in the navy and other armed forces
americans fevent isolationism in the 1930s can best be attributed to
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from 1925 to 1940, the transition of american policy on arms sales to warring nations followed this sequence
embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease
americans neutrality policy during the spanish civil war of 1936-1939 contributed to
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liberal and left-wing americans reacted to general francos efforts to stage a fascist coup and overthrow the republic of spain by
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FDRs sensational quarantine speech in 1937 resulted in
a wave of protest by isolationists
in september 1938, at the munich conference
britain and france consented to germany forcibly acquiring sudtenland from czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise by hitler to renounce any further german territorial claims on europe
shortly after adolf hitler signed a nonaggresion pact with the soviet union in august 1939
germany invaded poland and started WWII
which of the following was not conquered by hitlers germany between sept. 1939 and june 1940
finland
the event that shook ameicans to the core and moved them to shift politically in support of making a substantial political and military effort against hitlers aggression in europe was
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the era of informal polling techniques came to an end and was replaced by more scientifically based systems
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during the 1930s, the US admitted _____ jewish refugees from nazism
about 150,000
one of the few successful wartime american efforts to save jews from perishing in the holocaust came when
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congresss first response to the unexpected fall of france, 1940, was to
pass a conscription law
americas attempt to remain neutral in the war between the axis and the allies came to an end when
france fell on germany
pearl harbor
in 1940, in exchange for american destroyers, the british gave the US
eight valuable naval bases in the western hemisphere
by june 1940, a strong majority of american public opinion had come to favor
providing britain with ¨all aide short war¨, at the risk of armed hostilities with germany
in 1940, republican presidential candidate Willkie avoided deepening the sharp divisions among the american people when he
avoided attacking the new deal
the surprise republican presidential nominee in 1940 was
Wendell L. Willkie
FDR was motivated to run for a 3rd term in 1940 mainly by his
belief that america needed his experienced leadership during international crisis
the 1941 lend-lease program was all of the following except
a focus of intense debate between internationalists and isolationists
when germany invaded the soviet union in 1941, the US
made lend-lease aid available to the soviets
those opposed to the lend-lease program, such as members of american first committee, were primarily motivated by fear that
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after the greer was fired upon, the kearny crippled, and the reuben james sunk in the fall of 1941
congress prohibited the arming of US merchant vessels
by mid-1941, japan believed that it had no alternative to war with the US because FDR
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on the eve of japans attack on peral harbor, a majority of americans
while still wanting to keep america from formally entering the war, supported providing generous military assistance to britain to prevent it from falling to nazi germany and favored FDRs series of embargoes on japan-bound supplies and raw materials
in response to senator McCarthys anticommunist attacks, Eisenhower
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