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The most influential advocate for African Americans in the Roosevelt administration was


A) Frances Perkins.
B) Harold Ickes.
C) Harry Hopkins.
D) Eleanor Roosevelt.
E) Mary McLeod Bethune.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The principal government aid to women was not work relief,but cash assistance.

A) True
B) False

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In 1933,two days after he took office,President Franklin Roosevelt


A) took the country off the gold standard.
B) ended prohibition.
C) sent the National Industrial Recovery Act to Congress.
D) presented to Congress a relief plan for the unemployed.
E) closed all banks for a short period.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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The Economy Act of 1933


A) proposed to balance the federal budget and cut government workers' salaries.
B) ordered all federal agencies to cut their workforce by ten percent.
C) gave immediate pensions to retired war veterans.
D) provided an infusion of cash into the economy.
E) gave the government authority to curb irresponsible speculation by banks.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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What have been the long-term legacies of the New Deal? What major historical assessments have been made of it?

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The New Deal was not hostile to black Americans,but it did not give the issue of race a high priority.

A) True
B) False

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