HW 6.12: FDR and the New Deal Regents Questions

One difference between the administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover is that Roosevelt was

• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs programs

• unable to win congressional support for his economic program

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

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

The New Deal tried to solve many problems of the Great Depression by

• reducing taxes on big business to stimulate job creation

• providing federal aid to many sectors of the economy

• lowering federal spending to maintain a balanced budget

• decreasing foreign competition by raising tariffs

Which statement best illustrates a basic idea of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?

• Communism provides the only real solution to economic problems

• Unemployed workers should rely on the states rather than on the federal government for help

• The United States reached its economic peak in the 1920s and is now a declining industrial power

• The economy sometimes needs public money to encourage business activity

Much of the domestic legislation of the New Deal period was based on the idea that the federal government should

• favor big business over labor and farming

• assume some responsibility for the welfare of people

• own and operate the major industries of the country

• require local communities to be responsible for social welfare programs

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 Federal Government must concern itself with the people’s economic well-being

• the United States Constitution was not relevant to 20th-century life

A major result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was

• a decline in the Federal deficit

• an expansion of the power of the Federal Government

• a change in the voting rights of women

• a reinstitution of the gold standard for United States currency

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

• return to a policy of laissez faire

• abandon capitalism in favor of socialism

• continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration

• have government take an active role in solving economic problems

"Section 202. (a) Every qualified individual shall be entitled to receive... on the date he attains the age of sixty-five,.. . and ending on the date of his death, an old-age benefit. . ."

A major purpose of this section of Federal legislation was to

• guarantee an annual income to experienced employees

• assure adequate medical care for the elderly

• reward workers for their support of the union movement

• provide economic assistance to retired workers

A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs

• reduced the power of the Federal Government

• ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages

• provided too much protection for big business

• made people dependent on the Federal Government

How did the power of government change during the Civil War and the Great Depression?

• Presidential powers were expanded

• Congress exerted greater leadership

• The Supreme Court expanded civil liberties

• Power shifted from the federal government to the states