APUSH - New Deal and WWII

President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• to strengthen the economy 
• to avoid going to war 
• to improve public education 
• to end racial discrimination 

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• a government program that gave free land to homesteaders 
• a government program that helped women get the vote    
• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country 
• a government program designed to help people during the depression 

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote. 
• It created programs to put people back to work.    
• It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
• It let people travel around the country freely. 

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water. 
• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation. 
• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west. 
• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment. 

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was

• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover

In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?

• ) The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government. 
• The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country. 
• The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed. 
• The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country. 

Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 

• True
• False 

Which weakness in the American economy of the 1920s contributed to the Great Depression

• high taxation kept consumer spending at a low leverl
• the richest Americans speculated in the stock market
• easy access to credit allowed many Americans to spend more than they earned
• businesses were unable to find enough skilled workers to operate new production machinery

What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?

• Hoovervilles
• Okies
• Bonus Army Bases
• Rooseveltowns

What was one EFFECT of dust storms that occurred during "the Dust Bowl"?

• loss of farms and livestock
• homes were destroyed
• Texans moved to other states
• ALL of these are effects of the dust storms