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- 1. Multiple Choice
In the early 1930s, shantytowns (often called “Hoovervilles”) sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover’s
support for federal programs to provide jobs for the unemployed.
refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless
efforts to help the residents return to their farms.
emergency relief program to provide food to the poor
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a political impact of the widespread unemployment during the Great Depression?
Soup kitchens and bread lines formed in most major cities
Hoovervilles were created in prominent cities such as New York.
Franklin Roosevelt handily won the Presidential election of 1932.
President Hoover was impeached and removed from office.
- 3. Multiple Choice
. …I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, 1932 In this statement, Franklin D. Roosevelt promised to
build up the military.
reduce government interference in business.
end an isolationist foreign policy.
provide government assistance to combat the Great Depression.
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