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Chapter 11 Section 4 Practice



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt had no critics.
 

 2. 

A monthly pension would provide retired people with income.
 

 3. 

Huey Long wanted to tax the rich and give every American a home.
 

 4. 

The New Deal included laws that forbade unions to be formed.
 

 5. 

A new economic downturn during Roosevelt's presidency was known to some as the Roosevelt Recession.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Which one of FDR's critics reached millions through a weekly radio program?
a.
Father Charles Coughlin
c.
Huey Long
b.
Francis Townsend
d.
John L. Lewis
 

 7. 

What 1935 act raised taxes on wealthy people and corporations?
a.
Revenue Act
c.
Income Tax Act
b.
Second New Deal
d.
Social Security Act
 

 8. 

What act created a tax on workers and employers?
a.
Revenue Act
c.
Income Tax Act
b.
Second New Deal
d.
Social Security Act
 

 9. 

The National Labor Relations Act was also called the
a.
Wagner Act.
c.
Fair Labor Standards Act.
b.
Social Security Act.
d.
National Labor Relations Board.
 

 10. 

What action cost President Franklin Roosevelt a great deal of support and triggered a split in the Democratic Party?
a.
New Deal
c.
Second New Deal
b.
court-packing plan
d.
Social Security Act
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
1935 minimum wage
e.
pension
b.
Harry Hopkins
f.
Social Security Act
c.
John L. Lewis
g.
court-packing plan
d.
Huey Long
 

 11. 

leader of the WPA
 

 12. 

assassinated in 1935
 

 13. 

payment for older people
 

 14. 

40 cents per hour
 

 15. 

provided pensions to retired persons
 

 16. 

labor leader
 

 17. 

Roosevelt’s attempt to increase the number of justices
 

Short Answer
 

 18. 

Why did the business world not like Roosevelt’s New Deal?
 

 19. 

What organization did John Lewis help to form?
 

 20. 

Did Roosevelt always succeed with the ideas he proposed?
 

 21. 

Name two of the three men who were able to reach people with their criticism of Roosevelt.
 

 22. 

How did the Social Security Act help people in need?
 



 
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