Question 1 To regulate the stock market, Congress created what? Securities & Exchange Commission
Question 2 In the case Schechter v. U.S., the Supreme Court struck down what? The authority of the NRA
Question 3 Franklin Roosevelt's “ court packing plan was a serious mistake why? It appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers
Question 4 The Emergency Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis how? Issuing licenses to banks that federal examiners found to be financially sound
Question 5 The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation did what? Lengthened the mortgage repayment term and lowered rates for employed
Question 6 Framers of the Social Security Act saw it primarily as what? An insurance measure
Question 7 The Federal Number One program employed who? People in the arts
Question 8 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to help farmers how? Paying them not to grow crops
Question 9 The National Industrial Recovery Act allowed business, labor, and the government to cooperate in setting up what? Codes of fair competition
Question 10 The Committee for Industrial Organization set out to organize who? All skilled & unskilled workers in the automobile industry
Question 11 What is a tactic used by union organizers? Sit-down strikes
Question 12 Congress authorized the Farm Credit Administration to help farmers how? Refinance their mortgages
Question 13 Roosevelt’s advisers who supported “New Freedom” wanted government to do what? Break up big companies
Question 14 What provided money directly to people in need? relief
Question 15 What was Roosevelt’s attempt to appoint new Supreme Court justices? Court-packing plan
Question 16 What awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, and schools? Public Works Administration
Question 17 Roosevelt triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 how? Decreasing government spending
Question 18 Although they disagreed on specifics, Roosevelt's advisers favored government what? Intervention in the economy
Question 19 One purpose of the Townsend plan was what? Free up jobs for the unemployed
Question 20 What made illegal liquor readily available in rural America? Bootlegging
Question 21 What paid farmers to take land out of production? Agricultural Adjustment Act
Question 22 What is paying with borrowed money? Deficit spending
Question 23 Who argued that the government should spend heavily during a recession? John Maynard Keynes
Question 24 What promoted economic growth through lower taxes? Supply-side economics
Question 25 What are investors trying to make a quick profit on the stock market? Speculators
Question 26 Honors 5 TH Bell Discussion Questions Court Packing Plan Notes on 19.3 (Know all 9 questions)
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