#16 TEKS

Why did the federal government create this program in 1933?

• To establish industrial centers in the region

• To promote organic farming practices

• To offset the effects of urbanization and rapid population growth

• To provide jobs and improve the regional standard of living

The Federal Housing Administration is a New Deal agency that continues to assist many Americans primarily by —

• providing them with money to pay for moving expenses

• helping them obtain mortgage loans from banks

• helping them choose a reputable home builder

• offering incentives for them to invest in rental properties

Decline in worldwide trade, ______?______, and Bank Failures led to the Great Depression.

Which of the following answers would fill in the blank?

• Increase in consumer spending

• Overspeculation in the stock market

• Decrease in military spending

• Government subsidization of agriculture

In January 1932 Congress approved the formation of an independent government agency called the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). The RFC was funded by the U.S. Treasury and was authorized to make loans to banks, railroads, life insurance companies, and other large businesses devastated by the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover believed that funds disbursed through the RFC would eventually benefit the average citizen through job growth, higher wages, and the protection of bank accounts and insurance policies.

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is similar to later New Deal legislation in that both

• protected the economy through government intervention in private business

• gave direct relief payments to unemployed citizens

• provided more efficient services through public utility regulation

• borrowed money from foreign banks to reduce the national debt

Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Purpose: To protect U.S. agriculture and industry from foreign competition

Outcome: ?

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Led to a decrease in U.S. international trade

• Helped stabilize the U.S. economy

• Strengthened U.S. relationships overseas

• Led to a decline in U.S. unemployment

What does the sticker in this illustration represent to patrons of this bank?

• Restrictions on the federal government’s ability to set prime interest rates

• The power of the federal government to privatize the bank in order to stimulate economic growth

• Limitations on the role of the federal government in providing home loans

• The federal government’s assurance of protection on individual bank deposits

Lines like the one shown above were partially the result of —

• growing demand for payment of military pensions

• a sudden increase in agricultural exports

• the passage of the Selective Service Act

• widespread business failures

“They wanted us out of the country. I didn’t understand why when we’d been born here.” . . .

Emilia Castaneda was born in Los Angeles of Mexican parents. In 1935, she and her father and brother were forced to board a train bound for Mexico.

—Linda Pressly, “U.S. Mexicans Haunted by Repatriation,” BBC News, November 29, 2006

This excerpt describes an instance of deportation during the 1930s as part of a repatriation effort. Why did the federal government implement repatriation?

• To fulfill the terms of a global peace treaty

• To protect national security

• To reduce competition for jobs

• To prevent communist influence on labor unions

In the 1936 movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, a man named Longfellow Deeds inherits millions of dollars and moves to New York City, where he is caught up in the “fast life.” During this time, he is confronted by a farmer who criticizes Mr. Deeds for squandering his money. Moved by the farmer’s plight, Mr. Deeds distributes his fortune to needy farmers and their families.

The farmer’s criticisms are similar to those found in —

• Warren Harding’s advocacy of a “return to normalcy”

• Huey Long’s proposal to “share our wealth”

• Charles Coughlin’s rhetoric of “Christianized democracy”

• Herbert Hoover’s emphasis on “rugged individualism”

Why did the “Return to Normalcy” agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries.

• There were significant shortages of military supplies.

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues