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What was a purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?

• to decrease the unemployment level

• to lower interest rates on bank loans

• to provide economic aid for the elderly

• to fund the expansion of the armed forces

Which of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s political opponents pushed for more progressive policies and used the motto “every man a king” to popularize his positions?

• Charles Coughlin

• Herbert Hoover

• Huey Long

• Francis Townsend

Which first lady would be the first to sit in a position appointed by her husband?

• Ida Tarbell
• Bess Truman
• Grace Hoover
• Eleanor Roosevelt

Roosevelt's plan to help the nation recover from the Great Depression was known as

• the Square Deal
• the Fair Deal
• the Next Deal
• the New Deal

The New Deal's goals included all of the following EXCEPT

• relief
• redesign
• recovery
• reform

The relief efforts of the New Deal were to

• help the unemployed
• provide welfare
• jump start the economy
• rebuild the country

What was one result of the work of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s?

• restoration of a natural environment

• construction of nuclear power plants

• generation of affordable electricity for rural areas

• improvement in systems of communication

Which domestic concern did the U.S. Congress address by passing the Social Security Act of 1935?

• stabilizing the banking system

• assisting the elderly and unemployed

• guaranteeing the right of workers to organize labor unions

• providing electrical power in an underdeveloped region

Use this quotation to answer the question below.

...there is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States --every man, woman, and child-- is in action, and will be privileged to remain in action throughout the war. That front is right here at home... Ask the women and children whom Hitler is starving whether the rationing of tires and gasoline and sugar is too great a ¨sacrifice.¨

-- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from ¨A Call for Sacrifice,¨ 1942

What was the historical context of the wartime mobilization described in the quotation?

• World War I

• the Cold War

• World War II

• the Korean War

Which program insures banks and keeps your money safe?

• Social Security
• TVA
• CCC
• FDIC