SSUSH18: FDR and the New Deal

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.

• provided too much protection for big business

• ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages

• made people dependent on the federal government.

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), NRA (National Recovery Administration) , and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) were created in the early 1930s and are MOST associated with the

• New Deal.

• Populist Era.

• Progressive Era.

• Prohibition Era.

Which statement BEST describes the New Deal?

• It caused the greatest economic boom the nation had ever seen.

• It single-handedly brought the nation out of the Great Depression.

• It greatly increased the size and importance of the national government.

• It led directly to a tremendous increase in the rights of African-Americans, especially in the South.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program designed to preserve the nation's natural resources while providing unemployed men with jobs. Which event resulted in the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

• World War II

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Great Depression

• the Civil Rights Movement

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) helped supply which of these resources to farmers and residents of Alabama and other states in the Southeast?

• electricity

• food

• laborers

• loans

What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) during the Great Depression?

• to insure bank deposits in the United States

• to create job opportunities in national parks

• to reduce farm surpluses and raise agricultural profits

• provide electrical power to poor and rural regions of the U.S.

Where would you be MOST likely to find a sign like this one?

• a car dealership

• a post office

• a school

• a bank

Which fact would you select to support the statement that "the majority of Americans blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression"?

• President Hoover carried the New England region in the Election of 1932

• Franklin Roosevelt carried forty-two states in the Election of 1932, compared to six states carried by Hoover

• President Hoover expanded civil service coverage of Federal positions, and canceled private oil leases on government lands.

• Hoover was responsible for the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to provide government-secured loans to financial institutions, railroads and farmers.

Of the following, Eleanor Roosevelt was most famous for her work

• as a diplomat and humans right activist

• in bringing Soviet spies to trial for stealing atomic secrets

• in shaping America’s military policy after World War II

• as a prominent Senator in the 1950s and 1960s

What did Roosevelt attempt to do when it appeared that the U.S. Supreme Court might strike down the constitutionality of the Social Security Act, a main part of his New Deal programs?

• Ask lower courts to rule in favor of the legislation

• Return the legislation to Congress for reconsideration

• Pack the court by adding justices supportive of the act

• Proposed a program to replace Social Security