15.1 A New Deal fights the Depression

Multiple Choice

The result of the 1932 presidential election was...

• a close election, but Hoover won

• a close election, but Roosevelt won

• a landslide victory for Hoover

• a landslide victory for Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

According to President Franklin Roosevelt,

what was the only thing that Americans needed to fear?

• Communism

• Fear

• The Germans

• another stock market crash

Multiple Choice

Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered from what disease?

• "Polio"

• Schizophrenia

• Black Lung

• Pneumonia

Multiple Choice

Who was America's first female in the president's cabinet?

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Amelia Earnhardt

• Susan B. Anthony

• Frances Perkins

Multiple Choice

What was the first thing the FDR did upon assuming office?

• Bank Holiday

  (closed the banks)

• Closed the stock market

• Closed the national parks

• Gave the Bonus Army their bonus

Multiple Choice

What were the "Fireside Chats"?

• A cookout for the needy

• Radio broadcasts from FDR

• Fires where the homeless went to keep warm

• A coffee house where people gathered with friends

Multiple Choice

What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do about the Dust Bowl?

• planted trees across the great plains

• build roads in the national parks

• built hiking trails in the national parks

• built camp sites in the national parks