17-2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. The Fair Labor Standards Act set the minimum wage at how much?
25 Cents
02. The New Deal programs were not as successful for which group of workers?
Women/Minorities
03. Which piece of New Deal legislation allowed women to receive less pay in a fourth of the cases?
NRA
04. What was the largest female occupation during the Great Depression?
Domestic Service
05. In the South, federal relief programs reinforced what?
Racial Segregation
06. Who were the “last hired, first fired”?
African-Americans
07. The Great Depression saw an alarming rate of which act of violence against African Americans?
Lynchings
08. Anti-lynching laws were defeated in which years?
1935/1938
09. The political right viewed which New Deal program as socialistic?
TVA
10. The political right opposed which part of the 2nd New Deal the most?
Increased Taxes
11. The political right viewed which New Deal legislation as a punishment of the hardworking and successful?
Social Security Act
12. Critics of the New Deal believed that eventually people would have to wear dog tags that would have what engraved on them?
Social Security Number
13. Which group spearheaded much of the right-wing opposition to the New Deal?
American Liberty League
14. Which former presidential candidate was one of the leaders of the American Liberty League?
Alfred Smith
15. Which area of society was most closely associated with the American Liberty League?
Business
16. According to the American Liberty League, which part of the New Deal smacked of Bolshevism?
Compulsory Unemployment Insurance
17. What did EPIC stand for?
End Poverty in California
18. EPIC was the platform for whom?
Upton Sinclair
19. Upton Sinclair ran for which governmental position in 1934? Which state?
Governor—California
20. Upton Sinclair was associated with political parties?
Socialist/Democratic
21. Under the EPIC program, who would take control of farms and factories?
State
22. Sinclair’s opponents associated him with what?
Communism
23. The limited success of the New Deal in eliminating poverty led to a revival of progressivism in which states?
Minnesota/Wisconsin
24. What was the main focus of Philip and Robert La Follette in 1934?
Redistribution of Wealth
25. Which term refers to charismatic leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics?
Demagogues
26. Who were the two famous demagogues of the Great Depression?
Father Charles Coughlin/Huey Long
27. Which nickname was given to Charles Coughlin?
Radio Priest
28. Coughlin formed which group to attack the New Deal?
National Union for Social Justice
29. Charles Coughlin eventually showed support for which two European leaders?
Adolf Hitler/Benito Mussolini
30. What was the nickname of Huey Long?
Kingfish
31. Huey Long was from which state?
Louisiana
32. Huey Long held which governmental positions during his career?
Governor/U.S. Senator
33. Unlike most southern Democrats, what didn’t Long use to solidify his power?
Racial Attacks
34. Long focused on which four areas within Louisiana?
Underprivileged/Education/Medical Care/Public Services
35. Long disagreed with FDR over which part of his program?
Redistribution of Wealth
36. What was the name of Long’s program that called for a redistribution of wealth?
SOW
37. What did SOW stand for?
Share Our Wealth
38. What was the motto of SOW?
“Every Man a King”
39. How would SOW be financed?
Taxes (high incomes and inheritances)
40. Under the SOW program, each family would receive a grant of how much?
$5,000
41. The SOW program encouraged FDR to do what?
Raise Taxes
42. Long and Coughlin showed FDR he had to do what?
Redistribute Wealth
43. The Supreme Court had invalidated how many New Deal programs? Which ones?
2/AAA and NIRA
44. The Supreme Court had invalidated many programs from which era?
Progressive
45. According to the Supreme Court, how many members would be on the Supreme Court?
Not Stated
46. According to FDR’s Court Reform Bill, he could name a maximum of how many additional justices?
6
47. FDR’s Court Reform Bill would allow him to name one additional justice for each over the age of what?
70
48. Opponents of FDR’s Court Reform Bill called it what?
Court Packing Plan
49. Opponents of the Court Reform Bill argued that FDR was attacking with constitutional principle?
Separation of Powers
50. Opponents of the Court Reform Bill felt that increasing FDR’s power would make him similar to which three European leaders?
Stalin/Mussolini/Hitler
25 Cents
02. The New Deal programs were not as successful for which group of workers?
Women/Minorities
03. Which piece of New Deal legislation allowed women to receive less pay in a fourth of the cases?
NRA
04. What was the largest female occupation during the Great Depression?
Domestic Service
05. In the South, federal relief programs reinforced what?
Racial Segregation
06. Who were the “last hired, first fired”?
African-Americans
07. The Great Depression saw an alarming rate of which act of violence against African Americans?
Lynchings
08. Anti-lynching laws were defeated in which years?
1935/1938
09. The political right viewed which New Deal program as socialistic?
TVA
10. The political right opposed which part of the 2nd New Deal the most?
Increased Taxes
11. The political right viewed which New Deal legislation as a punishment of the hardworking and successful?
Social Security Act
12. Critics of the New Deal believed that eventually people would have to wear dog tags that would have what engraved on them?
Social Security Number
13. Which group spearheaded much of the right-wing opposition to the New Deal?
American Liberty League
14. Which former presidential candidate was one of the leaders of the American Liberty League?
Alfred Smith
15. Which area of society was most closely associated with the American Liberty League?
Business
16. According to the American Liberty League, which part of the New Deal smacked of Bolshevism?
Compulsory Unemployment Insurance
17. What did EPIC stand for?
End Poverty in California
18. EPIC was the platform for whom?
Upton Sinclair
19. Upton Sinclair ran for which governmental position in 1934? Which state?
Governor—California
20. Upton Sinclair was associated with political parties?
Socialist/Democratic
21. Under the EPIC program, who would take control of farms and factories?
State
22. Sinclair’s opponents associated him with what?
Communism
23. The limited success of the New Deal in eliminating poverty led to a revival of progressivism in which states?
Minnesota/Wisconsin
24. What was the main focus of Philip and Robert La Follette in 1934?
Redistribution of Wealth
25. Which term refers to charismatic leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics?
Demagogues
26. Who were the two famous demagogues of the Great Depression?
Father Charles Coughlin/Huey Long
27. Which nickname was given to Charles Coughlin?
Radio Priest
28. Coughlin formed which group to attack the New Deal?
National Union for Social Justice
29. Charles Coughlin eventually showed support for which two European leaders?
Adolf Hitler/Benito Mussolini
30. What was the nickname of Huey Long?
Kingfish
31. Huey Long was from which state?
Louisiana
32. Huey Long held which governmental positions during his career?
Governor/U.S. Senator
33. Unlike most southern Democrats, what didn’t Long use to solidify his power?
Racial Attacks
34. Long focused on which four areas within Louisiana?
Underprivileged/Education/Medical Care/Public Services
35. Long disagreed with FDR over which part of his program?
Redistribution of Wealth
36. What was the name of Long’s program that called for a redistribution of wealth?
SOW
37. What did SOW stand for?
Share Our Wealth
38. What was the motto of SOW?
“Every Man a King”
39. How would SOW be financed?
Taxes (high incomes and inheritances)
40. Under the SOW program, each family would receive a grant of how much?
$5,000
41. The SOW program encouraged FDR to do what?
Raise Taxes
42. Long and Coughlin showed FDR he had to do what?
Redistribute Wealth
43. The Supreme Court had invalidated how many New Deal programs? Which ones?
2/AAA and NIRA
44. The Supreme Court had invalidated many programs from which era?
Progressive
45. According to the Supreme Court, how many members would be on the Supreme Court?
Not Stated
46. According to FDR’s Court Reform Bill, he could name a maximum of how many additional justices?
6
47. FDR’s Court Reform Bill would allow him to name one additional justice for each over the age of what?
70
48. Opponents of FDR’s Court Reform Bill called it what?
Court Packing Plan
49. Opponents of the Court Reform Bill argued that FDR was attacking with constitutional principle?
Separation of Powers
50. Opponents of the Court Reform Bill felt that increasing FDR’s power would make him similar to which three European leaders?
Stalin/Mussolini/Hitler