Chapter 15 New Deal Study Notes
1. By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to raise the price of farm goods.
2. Eleanor Roosevelt was an important advisor on domestic policy in her husband’s administration.
3. Huey Long claimed that the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called Share-OurWealth
4. John Steinbeck wrote the Grapes of Wrath
5. Mary McLeod Bethune helped organize the “Black Cabinet”, a group of influential African Americans who
advised the FDR Administration on racial issues
6. Raising the prices of farm products was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
7. Regulating the stock market was one of the goals of the New Deal
8. Southern Republicans were least likely to be a part of the New Deal coalition
9. The American public perceived many characteristics in FDR, but economic conservation was probably not one of
them
10. The Civilian Conservation Corps reflected FDR’s concern for the natural environment.
11. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was most helpful to the unemployed, the aged, and the ill
12. The national debt reached a new high during FDR’s first term as president
13. The National Industrial Recovery Act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
14. The reorganization of the Supreme Court failed to become law under FDR
15. The Social Security Act had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy
16. The Supreme Court ruled that the Agricultural Adjustment Act was unconstitutional on the grounds that its
provisions were local matters and should be regulated by the states.
17. The Works Progress Administration was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to
work
18. What was the first major action FDR took as president? He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered
inspections
19. Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet? Frances Perkins
20. Woody Guthrie used music to express the hardships of American life during the Great Depression