Quiz for Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Its Critics

Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. What was Franklin Roosevelt’s plan for the New Deal (see Document 22.11)?

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Correct: The answer is b. Roosevelt wanted to implement federal legislation to help industries avoid collapsing and spur employment. The New Deal was focused on saving industries from foreclosing and providing employment.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Roosevelt wanted to implement federal legislation to help industries avoid collapsing and spur employment. The New Deal was focused on saving industries from foreclosing and providing employment.

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2. Who was responsible for employing Americans in 1933, according to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (see Document 22.12)?

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Correct: The answer is c. The MGM film suggested that those who have money (a banker, an exterminator, and even a wealthy hypochondriac) should employ fellow Americans as much as they can.
Incorrect: The answer is c. The MGM film suggested that those who have money (a banker, an exterminator, and even a wealthy hypochondriac) should employ fellow Americans as much as they can.

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3. What did Frank E. Gannett believe was the motivation behind Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” (see Document 22.13)?

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Correct: The answer is b. Gannett believed that Roosevelt wanted to create a Supreme Court that would make decisions that would ally with Roosevelt’s agenda.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Gannett believed that Roosevelt wanted to create a Supreme Court that would make decisions that would ally with Roosevelt’s agenda.

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4. Which of the following arguments made in the Republican Party National Platform of 1936 (Document 22.14) suggested that the Roosevelt administration was creating a welfare state?

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Correct: The answer is b. The argument that the New Deal Administration destroyed the morale of the American people and made them dependent upon government suggested that the Roosevelt administration had created a welfare state.
Incorrect: The answer is b. The argument that the New Deal Administration destroyed the morale of the American people and made them dependent upon government suggested that the Roosevelt administration had created a welfare state.

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5. Which of the following political labels describes Huey P. Long’s political ideology (see Document 22.15)?

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Correct: The answer is c. Long’s political ideology would be best described as populist. Long advocated relief for the masses and promised to make “every man a king” in his stump speeches.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Long’s political ideology would be best described as populist. Long advocated relief for the masses and promised to make “every man a king” in his stump speeches.