APUSH

Which of the following was NOT a reason given by President Franklin Roosevelt in his attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court?: A. He believed he had a mandate after the 1936 election.
B. Most Supereme Court justices were interpreting the Constitution too broadly. C. He wanted to ease the word load of the Court's older members.
D. Most of the Supreme Court justices were conservative.
E. The Court was declaring too many New Deal programs unconstitutional.

During the period of the New Deal, the program of organized labor was most successful in?:
A. unifying the labor movement.
B. removing obstacles to unionization.
C. restoring full employment to the economy.
D. safeguarding unions from authoritarian control.
E. securing a nationwide system of workers' compensation.

The Social Security program of 1935 provided which of the following?:
A. unemployment insurance administered by the federal government
B. federally administered assistance to the blind and disabled.
C. federally administered unemployment insurance..
D. all of these choices are correct.
E. old age pensions paid for by taxes on employers and workers.

Most of the rationale for conservative opposition to the New Deal came from the argument that New Deal programs?:
A. regulated the stock market.
B. diminished the liberty of the individual.
C. raised taxes on the rich.
D. favored agriculture over big business.
E. favored the wealthy.

The Twenty-First Amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed the?:
A. prohibition on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
B. poll tax, literacy test, and other discriminatory voting restrictions.
C. progressive income tax.
D. "quota system" of immigration limitations.

The primary purpose of the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration was?:
A. to provide jobs for African Americans and other minorities.
B. to enable industries to plan production and control prices
C. to nationalize the government's control of the work force.
D. to replace private enterprise, which had failed so dramatically in 1929.
E. to provide employment through federal deficit spending.

The most enduring change that occurred in United States banking during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt was the?:
A. rigid exclusion of large banks from the provision of venture capital.
B. federal insurance of bank deposits.
C. regular and repeated use of "bank holidays."
D. nationalization of the banking system.
E. abolition of branch banking in the states

In 1933, the purpose of the United States government in devaluing the dollar in terms of gold was to?:
A. reduce the ability of the gold-producing U. S. S. R. to exchange gold for industrial and military goods.
B. lower domestic prices and make American goods more expensive abroad.
C. raise domestic prices and make American goods cheaper abroad.
D. establish the gold standard.
E. stop excessive exports of American goods.

In addition to putting young men back to work, a principal purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to?:
A. provide an interracial living experience to promote harmony.
B. limit population growth.
C. promote reforestation and land conservation.
D. help young married couples buy homes on easy mortgage terms.

Dr. Francis Townsend gained notoriety as a critic of the New Deal with his?:
A. share-the-wealth program.
B. $200 per month pension plan for the elderly.
C. running for president against Roosevelt in 1936.
D. National Union for Social Justice.