The New Deal

Question 1

Why did President Roosevelt need to create a Second New Deal?

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The economy continued to struggle with high unemployment rates and widespread poverty.

Question 2

How did critics view the judicial reform bill under Roosevelt?

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They felt that it was an attempt to gain influence on the Supreme Court.

Question 3

As governor of Louisiana, Huey Long

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increased taxes on the wealthiest residents of his state.

Question 4

Which of the following would have most likely occurred if Franklin Roosevelt’s judicial reform bill had become law?

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It would have concentrated power in the executive branch of the government.

Question 5

Which of the following oversaw the Federal One project in the 1930s?

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the Works Progress Administration

Question 6

Unlike liberal critics of Roosevelt’s New Deal, conservative critics

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thought New Deal programs expanded government too much.

Question 7

The Social Security Administration faces new challenges in the twenty-first century because

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there are a greater number of retirees in the system.

Question 8

President Franklin Roosevelt’s judicial reform bill would have allowed him to

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appoint as many as six additional Supreme Court justices.

Question 9

How did the Supreme Court frustrate Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation?

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by declaring parts of it unconstitutional

Question 10

Which of the following pieces of legislation was also known as the Wagner Act?

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the National Labor Relations Act

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