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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration provide relief to the needy?by giving loans to the needyby creating jobs for the needyby distributing food to the needyby providing pensions to the needy - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements BEST describes what happened on Black Tuesday?Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow did Congress contribute to the cause of the Great Depression?They made policies that favored global trade over local trade.They passed a law that raised the taxes of imported goods (set high tariffs)They implemented an extremely high discount rate.They kept interest rates low to make borrowing money easier.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?It was rejected by Congress.It was signed into law by the president.It was ratified as a constitutional amendment.It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the right-wing (Republican) criticism over the New Deal?It did not provide enough money and aid to the poor people.It had expanded the role of the federal government too much.It was focused too much on helping banks and businesses.none of the above
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one objective of the Social Security Act?to ban child laborto protect workers' rightsto supervise union electionsto lessen poverty in retirement
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration try to help farmers?by increasing competition among farmersby reducing production to raise crop pricesby asking banks to lower interest rates for farmersby increasing production to boost crop surpluses
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was, to the federal government, the most immediate problem during the Great Depression?low pricesbuying on margin (credit)high unemploymentbusiness consolidation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationSecurities and Exchange CommissionTennessee Valley AuthoritySocial Security Admistration
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?Civilian Conservation CorpsFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationSecurities and Exchange CommissionNational Recovery Administration
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDuring the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?By ending the practice of sharecroppingBy raising tariffs on farm importsBy paying farmers to grow fewer cropsBy training farmers for jobs in a new field
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-Provide health care benefits to southernersEncourage African-Americans to settle in the valleyImprove economic conditions in a poor rural regionEvacuate farmers from the impoverished region
- 13. Multiple ChoiceOne difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Franklin Roosevelt was-more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problemsunwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobsable to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in officeopposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThis group of critics believed that the New Deal did not go far enough to help people during the Depression--liberals (radical Democrats)conservatives (radical Republicans)
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHuey Long's "Share the Wealth" campaign was a criticism on which political side?liberals (radical Democrats)conservatives (radical Republicans)
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThis group of critics believed that the New Deal allowed the government to interfere too much in the free market economy--liberals (radical Democrats)conservatives (radical Republicans)
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the nickname for the decade where the U.S. economy thrived before the Great Depression?Dirty 30sBoring 40sRoaring 20sFantastic 50s
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?“Rugged individualism” will end social inequalityGovernment must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunateAntitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise systemState governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat weather condition led to extreme dust storms in the Midwest region also nicknamed the "Dust Bowl"?floodingtornadosdroughtearthquakes
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho was the President of the United States in 1929, when the stock market crashed leading to the Great Depression?Franklin D. RooseveltHarry S. TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerHerbert Hoover
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the unemployment rate at the height of the Great Depression?25%50%75%100%
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis New Deal program insured checking and savings accounts up to $5000 in the 1930s--Civilian Conservation CorpsFair Labor Standards ActFederal Deposits Insurance CorporationSocial Security Act
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich New Deal program put in place a 40-hour work week and set a standard minimum wage?Fair Labor Standards ActCivilian Conservation CorpsRural Electrification ActAgricultural Adjustment Act
- 24. Multiple ChoiceHow did the New Deal affect Americans in the 1930s?Led to the end of the DepressionProvided some economic reliefCaused capitalism to collapseCaused extreme food shortages
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBuying stock without knowing the risks and assuming it will just go up is known as ________.speculationbuying on margin (credit)market capitalizationhammering the market
- 26. Multiple ChoicePresident Hoover's philosophy towards the Great Depression was--the government's sole responsibility is the people's economic welfarerugged individualism; you can help yourself
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhy did "repatriation" efforts during the 1930s result in the deportation of thousands of Mexican Americans, many of which were legal citizens?They wanted to enslave Mexican Americans.There was tension between immigrant groups that was causing issues in local schools.Unions, with a majority of white members, pushed for deportation to lessen job competition.none of the above
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhy did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?to influence the Supreme Court by adding Justices that favored his policiesto make it more conservativeto make the Supreme Court more efficientto make the Supreme Court more diverse
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat congressional law returned lands back to the control of tribes & supported preservation of Native American cultures?Indian Re-Organization ActHawley-Smoot Tariff ActMexican Repatriation ActReconstruction Finance Act
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhy did FDR immediately declare a national "bank holiday" in his first 100 days in office?to punish the banks for bad business dealsto prevent people from taking out all of their money from banks.to keep bank employees unemployednone of the above
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the major goals of the New Deal?no gold standard and free coinage of silverabolition and suffragerelief, recovery, and reformexpanding the size and economic influence of the United States
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?He wanted to attack the critics of the New DealHe used them to criticize President Hoover's handling of the Great DepressionHe explained the ideas behind his New Deal programs and encouraged Americansnone of the above
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?tariff ratesemployment ratesthe national debtper capita income
- 34. Multiple ChoiceShantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression were called--HoovervillesWhatvillesHobovillesWhovilles
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the economic purpose of the Hoover Dam?to create jobs and provide energy for southwestern statesto increase tourism to the Grand Canyonto negatively affect the environmentnone of the above
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