APUSH Chapters 31-32 Quiz

The president elected after Herbert Hoover who promised to give America a "New Deal" was _________________.

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• Grover Cleveland

Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?

• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Emergency Banking Act
• Home Owners Insurance Corporation

Fireside Chats

• JFK's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• FDR's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Ronald Reagan's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.

The main goal of the (FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was to

• build dams and provide cheap electricity to the Tennessee Valley
• restore confidence back into the banking system
• give farmers relief by having them reduce their supply
• blame Hoover for the Great Depression

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

• no gold standard and free coinage of silver
• abolition and suffrage
• relief, recovery, and reform
• reduce the size of the national government

After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.

• banks closed
• banks gave away their money
• they couldn't remember where they put it
• someone stole it

In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.

• churches
• businesses
• soup kitchens
• work

Recovery from the Great Depression was accomplished by

• public works programs.
• the Social Security Act.
• The National Recovery Administration.
• the outbreak of World War II.

Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?

• by expanding the role of government in citizens’ lives
• by expanding the authority of legislative representatives
• by regulating the stock purchases by individual investors
• by restricting the spending by government on domestic projects

What was the name given to President Roosevelt's plan to alter the Supreme Court to increase his power in having his New Deal legislation passed instead of having it struck down on constitutional grounds? 

• The New Deal
• The Great Depression
• Court Packing 
• Second New Deal