USHI Unit 5 Review for test

A lasting effect of the New Deal programs, has been a belief that government shoudl

• own the principal means of producing goods and services

• allow natural market forces to determine economic conditions

• maintain a balanced federal budget

• assume more responsibility for the well being of its citizen.

(Choose 3 that apply) Which of the following represent the shifting role of the gov. from the 1920s- 1930s?

• Recovery programs

• Reform legislation

• Relief programs

• Redistribution of wealth

• Return to domestic programs

The Bonus Army shacks are burned in 1932. How do American citizens respond to the event pictured above?

• demanded legislation to increase military power in US

• criticized the government for the treatment of veterans

• supported the government for their treatment of veterans

• opposed government subsidies

This poem is about what event?

• interstate highway

• machines for families

• Dust Bowl and Great Depression

• Homestead Act

Main purpose of the SEC and FDIC?

• limit speculation and safe guard savings

• help Federal Government rule over US

• help States govern the people

• assure a guaranteed income for the US people

Why were some people critical of the WPA

• It was a very expansive program

• It played a role in decreasing union wages

• It required that a statue of FDR would be built in each state capitol.

• Its deforestation campaign was harmful to the lumber industry

When President Roosevelt talked to the American people directly over the radio, they called it ____ ____.

• Fireside Chats
• the President talking
• Chats with me
• Campfire chats

What was the conservative response to FDR's New Deal Legislation

• They felt it did not go far enough

• They thought that it could give more to the needy

• They believed that it would not work

• They thought the government should not have that much power

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?

• “Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
• Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
• Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
• State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

Which best explains the reason African Americans did NOT benefit from the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

• sharecroppers were not included in the language of the act

• most African Americans had moved north seeking industrial jobs

• did not produce enough crops to qualify for aid