Quiz: SSUSH 18-21

During the first 100 days FDR worked to pass this to create jobs and make the US survive the Depression?

• New Deal
• Treaty of Versailles
• Constitution

During the first 100 days FDR worked to pass this to create jobs and make the US survive the Depression?

• New Deal
• Treaty of Versailles
• Constitution

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

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation
• High unemploment
• Increased use of credit
• Overproduction of goods

What was Roosevelt’s goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

• Restore the public’s faith in financial institutions
• Stimulate demand for manufactured goods
• Provide jobs for the unemployed
• Help farmers pay back their loans

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

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Social Security Admistration

What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?

• The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
• The suffrage rights for women changed
• The power of the federal government was expanded
• The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans

Eleanor Roosevelt was the first First Lady to ___________.

• go to jail
• vote
• hold a press conference.

What event led to the US joining WWII? 

• Germany invaded Poland. 
• Germany sent Mexico a secret telegram. 
• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
• Germany bombed Pearl Harbor. 

What was the Manhattan Project? 

• radio beams used to determine location of objects
• the world's first computer 
• effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
• a complicated code machine used by German military