Question 1
What was the purpose of the National Labor Relations Board?
A) to establish and regulate a national minimum wage
B) to protect the rights of workers to collectively bargain
C) to establish national maximum working hours rules
D) to facilitate the entry of women and minorities into the workforce
Question 2
The Social Security Act __________.
A) originally provided free health care for retired citizens
B) showed the inability of FDR to create a consensus between opposing interests
C) was exactly like health and retirement plans in European nations
D) established federal responsibility in providing social welfare
Question 3
The New Deal faced open dissent from __________.
A) Protestant religious leaders
B) women's rights organizations
C) the Democratic Party
D) the Communist Party
Question 4
A particularly harmful part of Father Charles Coughlin's criticism of the New Deal was __________.
A) Coughlin's attacks on both major political parties
B) Coughlin's claim that FDR was not using his presidential powers widely enough
C) Coughlin's calls for a nationwide move toward socialism
D) Coughlin's combined message of religion with anti-Semitism
Question 5
Section 7a of the National Industrial Recovery Act __________.
A) was supported by members of the Liberty League
B) established modernization projects in the Tennessee Valley
C) guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining
D) was FDR's first attempt at stabilizing the private banking system
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