New Deal Quiz #1 Prep

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. 

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
• opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions

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

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The End of Prohibition
• The New Deal
• The Stock Market Crash
• The Election of Herbert Hoover

The New Deal stressed Relief, Recover, and _______.

• Reform
• Revolution
• Reinvention
• Reinforcement

This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" to fix it

• Herbert Hoover
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Sherbert Hoover

This man was elected after Hoover with the hopes that he would end the Great Depression

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge

These created jobs and provided people with direct assistance during the Great Depression

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Reduce

These programs were designed to stimulate the economy and end the Depression?

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Reuse

These programs were designed to prevent a future Depression

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Recycle