Great Depression Programs

Which of these statements is true of the 1932 presidential election?

• Franklin Roosevelt won in a landslide.
• Hoover lost by a narrow margin.
• Huey Long ran a strong third-party campaign.
• Roosevelt won a third term.

A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt

• wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance
• stressed the need for individual rugged individualism
• supported direct relief to people out of work
• thought the government should not be involved in economic reform

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

• FDR Hour
• Hangin' With Franklin
• Fireside Chats
• Around the Fire

What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?

• Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
• Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
• Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
• Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.

As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to

• allow for a quick recovery of stock prices
• provide direct loans to businesses
• protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure
• allow banks and companies to invest in the stock market

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of

• excessive stock market speculation
• high unemployment
• increased use of credit
• limited income of senior citizens

The TVA is significant because it hired people to 

• deliver food to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl residents
• build dams and generators that provided electricity
• work on farms to help stabilize agriculture
• publish important facts about businesses

An advocate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s farm policy would have likely supported which economic strategy?

• Reducing agricultural output to increase product values
• Utilizing minimum wage laws to stimulate farm productivity
• Allowing market forces to operate freely to achieve stabilization
• Increasing agricultural production to ensure an affordable food supply

How would an African American during the Great Depression most likely have felt about the New Deal?

• Disappointed, because the TVA failed to bring power to African American farmers in its Rural Electrification Program.
• Outraged, because African Americans were ineligible for any benefits under New Deal programs.
• Frustrated, because the CCC and other work programs discriminated against African Americans.
• Angry, because President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not attempt to restrain his racially insensitive views.

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote. 
• It created programs to put people back to work.    
• It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
• It let people travel around the country freely.