HIUS 222 FINAL ACTUAL SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Answer: In 1933, Roosevelt- after defeating Republican incumbent
Herbert Hoover in a landslide the previous November-- took office
and began implementing the New Deal—i.e. his policies to attack the
problems of the Great Depression.
◉ The Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC).
Answer: Created by Congress in March 1933, it employed jobless
youths in such projects as reforestation, park maintenance, and
erosion control.
◉ Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Answer: It built a hydroelectric network that supplied cheap power
to the Tennessee River Valley while also developing a flood-control
system, recreational facilities, and a soil-conservation program.
◉ Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA).
,Answer: Set up a program in 1933 by which producers of major
agricultural commodities received subsidies in return for taking
acreage out of production
The rationale was to decrease supplies and increase prices.
◉ National Recovery Administration (NRA).
Answer: Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
Was designed to eliminate "cut throat competition."
Suspended anti-trust laws and permitted the nation's trades and
industries to draft codes of fair competition that were to include
labor standards such as minimum wages.
◉ Glass-Steagall Act (1933).
Answer: Co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Carter Glass of
Virginia
Prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking
Insured national bank deposits up to $2,500
,◉ Public Works Administration (PWA).
Answer: Also created by the NIRA
Designed to create jobs
Had a $3 billion budget to build highways, federal buildings, and
military facilities
◉ Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Answer: Founded in 1935 by the Federal Relief Appropriation Act
Projects were smaller and more local than the PWA:
Musicians
Artists
Writers
Drama
Media
Literacy Projects
◉ Social Security Act (1935).
, Answer: Established a mixed federal-state system of old-age
pensions for workers; survivors' benefits for the victims of industrial
accidents; unemployment insurance; and aid for dependent mothers
and children, and the handicapped.
It was funded by employers and wages withheld from workers'
paychecks.
◉ 1934 Midterm Elections.
Answer: Republicans lost 19 seats in the House of Representatives
and 10 in the Senate
Usually the President's party loses in the midterm. That was not the
case in 1934. Democrats increased their majority
The Republican response to these defeats in 1932 and 1934 was to
be even more vocal and extreme in their denunciations of the New
Deal.
◉ 1936 Election.
Answer: 1. Only 17 Republicans left in the Senate, and only 89 in the
House of Representatives.
2. First time a black majority voted Democratic
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Answer: In 1933, Roosevelt- after defeating Republican incumbent
Herbert Hoover in a landslide the previous November-- took office
and began implementing the New Deal—i.e. his policies to attack the
problems of the Great Depression.
◉ The Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC).
Answer: Created by Congress in March 1933, it employed jobless
youths in such projects as reforestation, park maintenance, and
erosion control.
◉ Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Answer: It built a hydroelectric network that supplied cheap power
to the Tennessee River Valley while also developing a flood-control
system, recreational facilities, and a soil-conservation program.
◉ Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA).
,Answer: Set up a program in 1933 by which producers of major
agricultural commodities received subsidies in return for taking
acreage out of production
The rationale was to decrease supplies and increase prices.
◉ National Recovery Administration (NRA).
Answer: Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
Was designed to eliminate "cut throat competition."
Suspended anti-trust laws and permitted the nation's trades and
industries to draft codes of fair competition that were to include
labor standards such as minimum wages.
◉ Glass-Steagall Act (1933).
Answer: Co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Carter Glass of
Virginia
Prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking
Insured national bank deposits up to $2,500
,◉ Public Works Administration (PWA).
Answer: Also created by the NIRA
Designed to create jobs
Had a $3 billion budget to build highways, federal buildings, and
military facilities
◉ Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Answer: Founded in 1935 by the Federal Relief Appropriation Act
Projects were smaller and more local than the PWA:
Musicians
Artists
Writers
Drama
Media
Literacy Projects
◉ Social Security Act (1935).
, Answer: Established a mixed federal-state system of old-age
pensions for workers; survivors' benefits for the victims of industrial
accidents; unemployment insurance; and aid for dependent mothers
and children, and the handicapped.
It was funded by employers and wages withheld from workers'
paychecks.
◉ 1934 Midterm Elections.
Answer: Republicans lost 19 seats in the House of Representatives
and 10 in the Senate
Usually the President's party loses in the midterm. That was not the
case in 1934. Democrats increased their majority
The Republican response to these defeats in 1932 and 1934 was to
be even more vocal and extreme in their denunciations of the New
Deal.
◉ 1936 Election.
Answer: 1. Only 17 Republicans left in the Senate, and only 89 in the
House of Representatives.
2. First time a black majority voted Democratic
