New Deal and Depression

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 problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation
• High unemployment
• Increased use of credit
• Overproduction of goods

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

What institution opposed parts of the New Deal because it believed it gave the federal government an unconstitutional amount of power over the states and economy?

• Congress
• Supreme Court
• Stock Market
• Executive Branch

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

What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?

• by eliminating trading on the stock market
• by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
• by creating jobs through various new programs
• by giving people money through new bank laws

In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?

• The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
• The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
• The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
• The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.

Which of the following was one cause Great Depression?

• WWI
• The invention of the radio
• Stock Market Crash
• Hoovervilles