FDR and The New Deal (Intro)

FDR and The New Deal (Intro)

Multiple Choice

These shantytowns popped up in cities during the early part of the Depression

• Hoovervilles

• Rooseveltiums

• Wilsontowns

• Rye

Multiple Choice

Define Black Tuesday

• Group of government programs created to try and end the Great Depression.
• October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. It was the official start of the Great Depression
• Minimal improvement in economy. FDR urged congress to pass additional programs.

Multiple Choice

Why does the government tax people?

• Taxes pay for government programs and services, such as schools and military. 
• The government does not tax people.
• Taxes help businesses make more money.
• The government taxes  people so that no one gets too rich.

Multiple Choice

During the Great Depression people were worried because the economy was doing poorly.  How did this fear affect their consumption of goods?

• People consumed more things because they thought they wouldn't be able to buy them later.
• People consumed fewer things because they wanted to save as much money as they could.
• People consumed more things because they wanted businesses to do better.
• People consumed fewer things because the government was rationing consumption.

Multiple Choice

What role do banks have in  the economy? 

• They provide loans to people who need money and help people invest money in stocks.
• They tax customers to pay for new programs.
• They decide how everyone should spend their money.
• They do not play a role in the economy.

Multiple Choice

President during the 1930s who was considered a failure because he couldn't fix the Great Depression.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Margaret Mitchell
• Jessie Owens

FDR's Fireside Chats

The Radio was very important in helping FDR calm the people and explain his plans.

Multiple Choice

The New Deal stressed Relief, Recovery, and _______.

• Reform

• Revolution

• Reinvention

• Reinforcement

Multiple Choice

What natural calamity coincided with the New Deal and caused intensified and increased poverty throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other parts of the south?

• the bank holiday
• the great flood of 1927
• the dustbowl
• increaded lynchings

Multiple Choice

The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to

• have government take an active role in solving economic problems
• return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism
• continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration

Multiple Choice

In the 1930’s, the enactment of New Deal programs demonstrated a belief that

• corporations were best left to operate without government interference

• state governments should give up control over commerce inside their states

• the government should be more involved in regulating economy

Multiple Choice

What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?

• New Deal

• Great Deal

• Social Security

• the New Liberalism