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The phrase Hundred Days refers to the:flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency.worst months of the Great Depression.time it took for Congress to begin acting on President Roosevelt's plan for combating the Great Depression.time that all banks were closed by FDR."lame-duck" period between Franklin Roosevelt's election and his inauguration.
Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ____ and the Twenty-first Amendment ____.shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibitionexpanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended prohibitionrendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in officelimited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendmentended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration
The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except:old-age pensions.unemployment insurance.health care for the poor.support for the blind and physically handicapped.economic provisions for the blind and disabled.
The most immediate emergency facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president in March 1933 was:the collapse of nearly the entire banking system.the near collapse of international trade.runaway inflation.the growing power of demagogues such as Huey Long and Father Coughlin.riots by unemployed workers and farmers unable to sell their goods.
Immediately after taking office, President Roosevelt responded to the banking crisis by:providing major federal loans to the largest and soundest banks.reassuring Americans that all their banking deposits were safe.restoring the gold standard to guarantee the soundness of American currency.establishing a new Bank of the United States to guarantee deposits.closing all American banks for a week, while reorganizing them on a sounder basis.
The group that had experienced the worst suffering as a result of the Great Depression was:immigrants.African Americans.women.factory workers.skilled men.
The single most popular New Deal program was probably the:National Recovery Administration.Civilian Conservation Corps.Works Progress Administration.Agricultural Adjustment Act.Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Glass-Steagall Act:permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings.empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily.took the United States off the gold standard.created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange.
Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained a large national following by promising to:"share our wealth" by raising taxes on the rich and giving every family $5,000.nationalize all banks and public utility companies.help farmers and workers organize to resist the power of corporations.make Jews pay for causing the Great Depression.provide the unemployed and elderly a $200-a-month social security payment.
In 1810, the Governor of the Indiana Territory asked Tecumseh to follow the Treaty of Greenville, signed in 1795. What was Tecumseh's reply?
mercantilism eventually developed into what?
Which of these battles marked the last major conflict of the War of 1812?
Which of the following was a major theme of Thomas Jefferson's address to the country at the start of his presidency?
In Thomas Jefferson's opinion, which of these was NOT a main role of the federal government?
Who was the commander that led a mix of soldiers, free African Americans, and Choctaw Indians against the British in the Battle of New Orleans?
Which of the following statements BEST explains Napoleon Bonaparte's reason for selling the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.?
The first thing the British did after their ranks were strengthened in April of 1814 was attack the city of
A voter in 1800 would have cast his ballot against the Republicans for which of the following reasons?
Which famous leader said, "I have given England a rival who, sooner or later, will humble her pride"?
In the election of 1800, whose supporters believed that Thomas Jefferson would bring chaos to America?