12 true/false (@ 1 pt. for 10 plus 2 bonus for 12 total points)

1. Before becoming president, Franklin Roosevelt had been the governor of Massachusetts.

2. Roosevelt's so-called "brains trust" consisted of advisors that came out of academia,

especially professors from Columbia University.

3. According to Smiley, President Roosevelt was very much opposed to a "bank holiday" but

was finally convinced of doing this by President Hoover.

4. In the spring of 1933, shortly after taking office, President Roosevelt ordered Americans to

turn in their gold.

5. From March to July of 1933 there were signs that the American economy was getting worse,

as production continued to fall and unemployment continued to rise.

6. Among the so-called alphabet-soup federal agencies, or legislative acts, were the

AAA, TVA, FERA and the NRA.

7. The overall purpose of the AAA was to find ways to lower the price of food to help those

struggling during the Great Depression.

8. The AAA effectively helped the small and impoverished farmer in America, generally at the

expense of the wealthier farmers.

9. In 1933, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would have prohibited interstate trade in goods

produced by employees who worked more than 6 hours a day and 5 days a week.

10. According to Smiley, President Roosevelt's "Brains Trust" seemed more interested in

reforming our economic system than in finding ways to recover from the Great Depression.

11. The Presidential Reemployment Agreements attempted to raise wages, keep prices from

rising and to shorten the worker's work week; Smiley characterizes these policies as bordering

on the "irrational."

12. In 1935, the Supreme Court ruled the NRA unconstitutional in a split 5-4 decision.