KC5: The Struggle for Equality

President Hoover believed that during the Great Depression, the ____________ _____________ should not be in the business of providing relief directly to Americans.

• private charities

• federal government

• church groups

• volunteer organizations

When President Franklin Roosevelt proposed action through New Deal programs to minimize suffering during the Great Depression, he was abandoning

• his wealthy family ties.

• his hope for a cure for polio.

• laissez-faire, or the idea that the government should stay out of regulating the economy.

• his commitment to his marriage by sustaining his affair with Lucy Mercer.

The New Deal program, still in use today, provided aid to the elderly, but provides retirement benefits and aid to the disabled:

• Federal Deposit Insurance

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• Medicare

• Social Security Act

The series of government programs meant to assist those suffering during the Great Depression and to address the causes of the Great Depression was:

• The Great Society

• The New Deal

• The Progressive Period

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

According the President Johnson's goals for the Great Society, who should use their power to shape society into a better one?

• the states

• charities

• the government

• just the President, all by himself.

The Great Society programs passed by Congress and President Johnson was an to erase or lessen __________ in America during the 1960s.

• voting

• crime

• debt

• poverty

Great Society Program that provides free preschool to low-income families:

• Head Start

• Public Broadcasting Act

• Medicare

• Medicaid

Great Society program that provides health insurance for Americans after age 65:

• Head Start

• Medicare

• School Nutrition Act

• Housing and Urban Development Act

At the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights in 1848, women called for the right to ___________ as well as access to education, employment and fair wages.

• Marriage

• Vote

• Have children

• Speak in public

What does suffrage mean?

• to cause pain and suffering

• take an exam

• right to vote, have a voice in government

• to explain in great detail