Unit 6 Quiz. The New Deal

What event triggered the economic downturn known as the Great Depression?

• 
  The Great Crash on October 29, 1929

• the inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• 
  the implementation of the New Deal

• 
  the Dust Bowl

established a welfare safety net for most Americans who lost a parent, were elderly, and people who became unemployed

• Federal Emergency Relief Act

• National Recovery Act

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Social Security Act

paid farmers to reduce the amount of crops or livestock they raised to increase the price of commodities

• Federal Emergency Relief Act

• National Recovery Act

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Social Security Act

Which of the following best characterizes President Hoover's stance during the economic downturn?

• Advocated for heavy government regulation and control of businesses
• Belief in limited government intervention and voluntary cooperation among businesses
• Supported the idea of complete socialism and government ownership of all industries
• Believed in laissez-faire capitalism with no government involvement

To which state did the majority of Oklahoman Dust Bowl migrants move?

• Florida
• New York
• California
• Texas

What factor contributed significantly to Roosevelt's landslide victory in the 1932 election?

• The support of wealthy industrialists and business leaders
• His focus on isolationist foreign policy

• His promise of greater government assistance and relief.

• Roosevelt's charismatic personality and public speaking skills

Match the following

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• 
  provide electricity and manage natural resources

• National Recovery Administration (NRA)

• regulate business practices such as wages and production

• Public Works Adminsition (PWA)

• contract with private businesses to build large-scale infrastructures like the Boulder Dam and Golden Gate Bridge

• 
  Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• create jobs for unskilled workers, artists, performers, students, and others

What was the priority of Roosevelt's first days in office?

• reform the banking system

• Establishing a national holiday for veterans
• Building a new national monument
• Declaring war on a foreign nation

During Roosevelt's presidency and the era of the New Deal Coalition, what political shift occurred among African Americans

• Became more conservative
• Shifted allegiance to the Democratic Party
• Shifted allegiance to the Republican Party
• Formed their own political party

Why was Roosevelt's court-packing plan rejected by Congress?

• Congress believed the plan would strengthen the independence of the judicial branch.

• Congress thought the plan would enhance checks and balances between branches of government.

• Congress was concerned that the plan would give the president too much influence in the judicial branch.

• It was seen as a way to increase the efficiency of the judiciary.