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WorksheetsGreat Depression, FDR & New Deal
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 21mins
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Class
Date
1.
How did New Deal programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration provide relief to the needy?
a)
by giving loans to the needy
b)
by creating jobs for the needy
c)
by distributing food to the needy
d)
by providing pensions to the needy
2.
Which of the following statements BEST describes what happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
b)
Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
c)
Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
d)
The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.
3.
How did Congress contribute to the cause of the Great Depression?
a)
They made policies that favored global trade over local trade.
b)
They passed a law that raised the taxes of imported goods (set high tariffs)
c)
They implemented an extremely high discount rate.
d)
They kept interest rates low to make borrowing money easier.
4.
What happened to Roosevelt's court-packing plan?
a)
It was rejected by Congress.
b)
It was signed into law by the president.
c)
It was ratified as a constitutional amendment.
d)
It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
5.
What was the right-wing (Republican) criticism over the New Deal?
a)
It did not provide enough money and aid to the poor people.
b)
It had expanded the role of the federal government too much.
c)
It was focused too much on helping banks and businesses.
d)
none of the above
6.
What was one objective of the Social Security Act?
a)
to ban child labor
b)
to protect workers' rights
c)
to supervise union elections
d)
to lessen poverty in retirement
7.
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration try to help farmers?
a)
by increasing competition among farmers
b)
by reducing production to raise crop prices
c)
by asking banks to lower interest rates for farmers
d)
by increasing production to boost crop surpluses
8.
Which of the following was, to the federal government, the most immediate problem during the Great Depression?
a)
low prices
b)
buying on margin (credit)
c)
high unemployment
d)
business consolidation
9.
Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Social Security Admistration
10.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
National Recovery Administration
11.
During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?
a)
By ending the practice of sharecropping
b)
By raising tariffs on farm imports
c)
By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
d)
By training farmers for jobs in a new field
12.
A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-
a)
Provide health care benefits to
southerners
b)
Encourage African-Americans to settle in
the valley
c)
Improve economic conditions in a poor
rural region
d)
Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region
13.
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Franklin Roosevelt was-
a)
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
b)
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
c)
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
d)
opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
14.
This group of critics believed that the New Deal did not go far enough to help people during the Depression--
a)
liberals (radical Democrats)
b)
conservatives (radical Republicans)
15.
Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" campaign was a criticism on which political side?
a)
liberals (radical Democrats)
b)
conservatives (radical Republicans)
16.
This group of critics believed that the New Deal allowed the government to interfere too much in the free market economy--
a)
liberals (radical Democrats)
b)
conservatives (radical Republicans)
17.
What is the nickname for the decade where the U.S. economy thrived before the Great Depression?
a)
Dirty 30s
b)
Boring 40s
c)
Roaring 20s
d)
Fantastic 50s
18.
Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
a)
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
b)
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
c)
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
d)
State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
19.
What weather condition led to extreme dust storms in the Midwest region also nicknamed the "Dust Bowl"?
a)
flooding
b)
tornados
c)
drought
d)
earthquakes
20.
Who was the President of the United States in 1929, when the stock market crashed leading to the Great Depression?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
d)
Herbert Hoover
21.
What was the unemployment rate at the height of the Great Depression?
a)
25%
b)
50%
c)
75%
d)
100%
22.
This New Deal program insured checking and savings accounts up to $5000 in the 1930s--
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Fair Labor Standards Act
c)
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
d)
Social Security Act
23.
Which New Deal program put in place a 40-hour work week and set a standard minimum wage?
a)
Fair Labor Standards Act
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
Rural Electrification Act
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
24.
How did the New Deal affect Americans in the 1930s?
a)
Led to the end of the Depression
b)
Provided some economic relief
c)
Caused capitalism to collapse
d)
Caused extreme food shortages
25.
Buying stock without knowing the risks and assuming it will just go up is known as ________.
a)
speculation
b)
buying on margin (credit)
c)
market capitalization
d)
hammering the market
26.
President Hoover's philosophy towards the Great Depression was--
a)
the government's sole responsibility is the people's economic welfare
b)
rugged individualism; you can help yourself
27.
Why did "repatriation" efforts during the 1930s result in the deportation of thousands of Mexican Americans, many of which were legal citizens?
a)
They wanted to enslave Mexican Americans.
b)
There was tension between immigrant groups that was causing issues in local schools.
c)
Unions, with a majority of white members, pushed for deportation to lessen job competition.
d)
none of the above
28.
Why did FDR propose the Supreme Court Packing Plan?
a)
to influence the Supreme Court by adding Justices that favored his policies
b)
to make it more conservative
c)
to make the Supreme Court more efficient
d)
to make the Supreme Court more diverse
29.
What congressional law returned lands back to the control of tribes & supported preservation of Native American cultures?
a)
Indian Re-Organization Act
b)
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
c)
Mexican Repatriation Act
d)
Reconstruction Finance Act
30.
Why did FDR immediately declare a national "bank holiday" in his first 100 days in office?
a)
to punish the banks for bad business deals
b)
to prevent people from taking out all of their money from banks.
c)
to keep bank employees unemployed
d)
none of the above
31.
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
a)
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
b)
abolition and suffrage
c)
relief, recovery, and reform
d)
expanding the size and economic influence of the United States
32.
What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
a)
He wanted to attack the critics of the New Deal
b)
He used them to criticize President Hoover's handling of the Great Depression
c)
He explained the ideas behind his New Deal programs and encouraged Americans
d)
none of the above
33.
Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president?
a)
tariff rates
b)
employment rates
c)
the national debt
d)
per capita income
34.
Shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression were called--
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Whatvilles
c)
Hobovilles
d)
Whovilles
35.
What was the economic purpose of the Hoover Dam?
a)
to create jobs and provide energy for southwestern states
b)
to increase tourism to the Grand Canyon
c)
to negatively affect the environment
d)
none of the above
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