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In the 1930s, the Congress of Industrial Organization

A) grew out of a dispute within the American Federation of Labor.
B) was less militant than the American Federation of Labor.
C) would not accept women or blacks as members.
D) confined its organizing to the steel and coal industries.
E) refused to get involved in organizing the automobile industry.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Despite the challenge of the CIO, the AFL remained committed to the craft union idea.

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B) False

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The Home Owners Loan Corporation provided funds for refinancing home mortgages.

In 1936, ________ was the Republican candidate for president.

The creation of the ________ represented an unprecedented New Deal experiment in regional planning.

The National Industrial Recovery Act sought to tighten antitrust provisions and make important concessions to labor.

The severe 1937 economic downturn is known as the "________."

What major programs did the Roosevelt administration establish in its first term of office? Which programs were considered the most successful, even if they did little to change the overall economic situation of the country?

John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers was one of the leaders of the fledgling ________, established in 1936.

New Deal Social Security was primarily designed to provide assistance to those who had earned it, but it also provided considerable direct assistance based on need.

During the 1930s, the smaller steel companies were more willing to accommodate unions than were the large steel companies.

Under the New Deal, African Americans

Discuss the fundamental shift that took place in the 1930s regarding the role of the federal government to help people in economic hardship. How would you assess this shift? Has it been useful or not? How does it relate to you personally today?

The Social Security Act was part of what has been called the Second New Deal.

Was Franklin Roosevelt a progressive president in the tradition of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson? What similarities and differences did he share with these two men?

The Economy Act of 1933

In 1937, the ________ company unexpectedly recognized the major union of steel workers.

The New Deal had moved far enough to the left by 1935 that the poorest of workers, including domestic servants and agricultural laborers, were covered by the Social Security Act.

The provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act included a promise to workers that they could participate in collective bargaining, but there were no enforcement mechanisms in the legislation.

The ________ was a work relief program established in parks, forests, and rural settings.