WHo did Doretha Lange and Walker Evans work for?
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1 point
Works Progress Administration
Federal Arts Project
Federal Information Administration
Farm Serices Administration
Match these people or organizations with what they did
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5 points
Wrote The Grapes of Wrath Famous Photojournalist created jobs for artists Created the New Deal Recordings of oral histories
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Federal Art Projects
Dorethea Lange
John Steinbeck
Federal Writers Project
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Federal Art Projects
Dorethea Lange
John Steinbeck
Federal Writers Project
What did the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Fund
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2 points
Government workers and new banking officials
Hospitals, schools, and roads
Scientific and Medical breakthroughs
New cars and Technological Advances
Why did Roosevelt take such a strong stance against bankers in his inauguration speech?
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He wanted to change the entire system of banking
They were selling their interests off to the highest bidder
They were reopening without solid plans
He said the financial industry had been speculating with their customers’ money for too long.
How did AAA policies unintentionally hurt sharecroppers and tenant farmers?
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1 point
Itincreased farm production nationwide and eliminated the need for sharecroppers and tenant farmers
AA policies pushed large farms and plantations to cut production, which resulted in the eviction of sharecroppers and tenant farmers. They had nowhere to go once evicted.
It didn't apply to farms with sharecroppers and tenant farmers.
What were some criticisms of the New Deal?
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Women and African Americans did not receive direct help from the first wave of New Deal job programs.
Thousands of people were displaced when the government seized land for construction projects.,
The New Deal was considered government overreach that would erode American values like free enterprise and democracy
All of the above
None of the above
What was the impact of New Deal policies on women and minorities?
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1 point
Its policies hired men and women equally
Federal job programs practiced racial and gender discrimination when hiring
It got rid of wage discrimination
It allowed woman and minorities to have private jobs and hold federal jobs at the same time
What was the primary way Franklin Roosevelt communicated with the American public in the early days of the New Deal?
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1 point
political rallies
weekly newspaper columns
televised news conferences
fireside chats
Which of the following goals did Progressivist and New Deal policies share?
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1 point
Both sought to improve efficiency in government.
Both sought to repeal restrictions on the capitalist economy.
Both sought to limit the role of the government in the free market.
Both sought to isolate the spread of democracy.
Which agencies, programs, and other legislation were put in place during Roosevelt's first 100 days?
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1 point
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
All of the above
None of the above
How did the suspension of antitrust laws by the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) affect unions?
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1 point
The suspension banned the power of collective bargaining.
The suspension continued the policy of workers negotiating as individuals.
The suspension exposed workers to potentially unfair agreements.
The suspension allowed businesses to set minimum wage laws.
Identify how these people worked towards reducing racial discrimination?
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3 points
Lobbied against lynching and established relationships with African-Americans in both unofficial and official capacities Urged federal agencies to change their hiring practices and program qualifications Recommended anti-discrimination legislature Director of an African American division of the National Youth Administration
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary McLeod Bethune
How did New Deal environmental projects try to prevent another Dust Bowl?
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1 point
by repealing regulations on farmers that limited what they could grow
by removing trees to create more farmland in some regions
by enforcing new farming techniques that prevented dust storms
by forcing farmers to plant invasive species that grew quickly
What is the main reason the Federal Art Project commissioned artists to create murals and posters for their communities?
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1 point
to allow artists to earn a paycheck during a difficult time
to produce a large number of goods to sell
to teach citizens about proper farming techniques
to promote the armed forces
The 1930s, with the policies of the New Deal, saw the federal government gain much more power than it had ever had.
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True
False