Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Securities and Exchange Commission

Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

Securities and Exchange Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

National Recovery Administration

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?

By paying farmers to grow fewer crops

By ending the practice of sharecropping

By raising tariffs on farm imports

By training farmers for jobs in a new field

A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-

Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region

Provide health care benefits to southerners

Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley

Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Franklin Roosevelt was-

more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs

able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office

opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions

This group of critics believed that the New Deal did not go far enough to help people during the Depression--

conservatives (radical Republicans)

Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" campaign was a criticism on which political side?

conservatives (radical Republicans)

This group of critics believed that the New Deal allowed the government to interfere too much in the free market economy--

conservatives (radical Republicans)

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate

“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality

Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system

State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

This New Deal program insured checking and savings accounts up to $5000 in the 1930s--

Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation

How did the New Deal affect Americans in the 1930s?

Led to the end of the Depression

President Hoover's philosophy towards the Great Depression was--

rugged individualism; you can help yourself

the government's sole responsibility is the people's economic welfare

Why did "repatriation" efforts during the 1930s result in the deportation of thousands of Mexican Americans, many of which were legal citizens?

Unions, with a majority of white members, pushed for deportation to lessen job competition.

They wanted to enslave Mexican Americans.

There was tension between immigrant groups that was causing issues in local schools.

Why did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?

to influence the Supreme Court by adding Justices that favored his policies

to make the Supreme Court more efficient

to make the Supreme Court more diverse

Why did FDR immediately declare a national "bank holiday" in his first 100 days in office?

to prevent people from taking out all of their money from banks.

to punish the banks for bad business deals

to keep bank employees unemployed

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

no gold standard and free coinage of silver

expanding the size and economic influence of the United States

What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?

He explained the ideas behind his New Deal programs and encouraged Americans

He wanted to attack the critics of the New Deal

He used them to criticize President Hoover's handling of the Great Depression

What was the economic purpose of the Hoover Dam?

to create jobs and provide energy for southwestern states

to increase tourism to the Grand Canyon

to negatively affect the environment

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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 needy

by creating jobs for the needy

by distributing food to the needy

by providing pensions to the needy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which 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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How 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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What 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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What 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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one objective of the Social Security Act?

to ban child labor

to protect workers' rights

to supervise union elections

to lessen poverty in retirement

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration try to help farmers?

by increasing competition among farmers

by reducing production to raise crop prices

by asking banks to lower interest rates for farmers

by increasing production to boost crop surpluses

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Great Depression, FDR & New Deal

How did New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration provide relief to the needy?

Which of the following statements BEST describes what happened on Black Tuesday?

How did Congress contribute to the cause of the Great Depression?

What happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?

What was the right-wing (Republican) criticism over the New Deal?

What was one objective of the Social Security Act?

How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration try to help farmers?

Which of the following was, to the federal government, the most immediate problem during the Great Depression?

Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

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