Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. The ______ government is the national government of the USA.
- 'federal' ✓
- What was the main aim of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
- relief
- recovery ✓
- reform
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- Write the missing word. ______ of alcohol in the USA ended in 1933.
- 'Prohibition' ✓
- What did the 1933 Economy Act do?
- increased government spending
- raised taxes
- cut government salaries ✓
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- How did American unemployment change between 1933 and 1939?
- increased significantly
- increased slightly
- remained the same
- decreased slightly ✓
- completely eliminated
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- Why were many African American women unable to claim social security?
- There were racial restrictions on who could claim social security.
- American women were not able to claim social security.
- Not all types of job were covered by social security. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match each keyword with its correct definition.
- laissez-faire⇔belief that the government should not interfere with the economy ✓
- radical⇔someone who believes there should be major social and political change ✓
- unconstitutional⇔something which is not allowed under the laws of a political system ✓
- What type of opponent to the New Deal was Charles Coughlin?
- business owner
- radical ✓
- Republican
- Supreme Court judge
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- What type of opponents to the New Deal were most leading members of the American Liberty League?
- business owners ✓
- radicals
- Republicans
- Supreme Court judges
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- How many Alphabet laws had been outlawed by 1936?
- none of them
- four out of 16
- seven out of 16
- 11 out of 16 ✓
- all of them
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- Which inference is most valid based on the outcome of the 1936 presidential election?
- Republican laissez-faire beliefs were as popular as Roosevelt's New Deal.
- Republican laissez-faire beliefs were less popular than Roosevelt's New Deal. ✓
- Republican laissez-faire beliefs were more popular than Roosevelt's New Deal.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Great Depression begins.
- 2⇔Roosevelt elected president.
- 3⇔Alphabet Agencies introduced.
- 4⇔The AAA declared unconstitutional.
- 5⇔Roosevelt re-elected.
- 6⇔Roosevelt fails to pack the Supreme Court.
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Key learning points
- Some Republicans continued to support a laissez-faire approach.
- Some businesses resented increased government interference under the New Deal.
- Radicals argued that the New Deal did not do enough to help the American people.
- Roosevelt's New Deal won widespread support as part of his landslide election victory in 1936.
- The Supreme Court declared some parts of the New Deal to be unconstitutional.
Common misconception
The only reason people opposed the New Deal was because it increased costs for the rich and wealthy.
Radical opposition to the New Deal was based on the idea that it did not do enough to help the poor. Opposition from the Supreme Court was based on judgements that some aspects of the New Deal were unconstitutional.
Keywords
Laissez-faire - laissez-faire beliefs suggest that the government should not interfere with the economy
Radical - a radical is someone who believes there should be major social and political change
Unconstitutional - something may be declared unconstitutional if it is not allowed under the laws of a political system
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