Great Depression and the New Deal

President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following except

• providing direct aid to the people
• directly assisting businesses and banks
• keeping faith in the efficiency of the industrial system
• continuing to rely on the American tradition of rugged individualism
• lending federal funds to feed farm livestock

President Hoover's public image was severely damaged by his

• decision to abandon the principle of rugged individualism
• construction of the Hoovervilles for the homeless
• Agreement to provide a federal payment to the unemployed
• Refusal to do anything to try to solve the Great Depression

President Roosevelt’s court packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to make the Supreme Court

• More conservative/Republican
• More independent of Congress
• More sympathetic to New Deal programs
• Less burdened with appellate cases
• More respectful of the Constitution's original intent

The Dust Bowl experiences of the Oklahoma farmers during the Great Depression demonstrated the

• effect of geography on people’s lives
• success of government farm subsidies
• limitation of civil liberties during times of crisis
• result of the Indian Removal Act

New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were primarily intended to help

• Farmers
• Homeowners
• Businesses
• unemployed workers

How did the power of government change during the Great Depression?

• Presidential powers were expanded
• Congress exerted greater leadership
• The Supreme Court expanded civil liberties
• Power shifted from the federal government to the states

An obvious defect in the United States' banking system that was exposed during the Great Depression was

• excessive government regulation of banks
• the federal government's ownership of banks
• an excessive amount of currency in circulation
• the lack of protection for funds deposited by individuals in banks

U.S. bank failures reached around 600 per year in the early 1930s because

• too much money was loaned out to people for risky investments
• the Supreme Court declared the National Bank Act of 1864 unconstitutional
• the Teapot Dome Scandal weakened the United States influence in banking
• the Dawes Plan caused too much money to drain from U.S. banks to German banks

The Bonus Army of 1932

• helped to fight communists in Russia
• was instrumental in carrying out the New Deal programs
• led massive protests to win promised payments to veterans
• organized the largest strike of textile workers in the nation's history

Which of these was a result of the Great Depression?

• the elimination of the American business cycle
• an increase in the percent of people engaged in agriculture
• the reduction of the powers of the Democratic party
• federal safeguards were established to avoid future depressions