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WorksheetsNew Deal Exam
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
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Class
Date
1.
President Roosevelt's program to fight the Great Depression
a)
New Trade
b)
New Plan
c)
New Deal
d)
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2.
A labor union, similar to the AFL, except that this union welcomed women and minority members
a)
Congress of Industrial Organizations
b)
Equality of Workers Union
c)
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d)
Congress of Instrumental Organizationa
3.
A set of programs passed in and after 1935 to fight the Great Depression
a)
The Second New Deal
b)
The Newer Deal
c)
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d)
The Better Deal
4.
The area of dust-damaged farms across 150,000 square-mile region during the early 1930's
a)
Dust Plain
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Dry Bowl
d)
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5.
Buying and selling stocks in the hopes of making a quick profit.
a)
Stock Flipping
b)
Speculation
c)
Deficit Spending
d)
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6.
To use borrowed money to fund government programs
a)
Deficit Spending
b)
Welfare
c)
Speculation
d)
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7.
The Social Security Act of 1935 launched
a)
a national labor union
b)
a national welfare program
c)
the Roosevelt Recession
d)
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8.
One factor that led to the Great Depression was...
a)
Heavy rains in the Great Plains
b)
The stock market crash
c)
Too many public works projects
d)
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9.
Why was Roosevelt's Supreme Court criticized?
a)
Critics didn't want the court to agree with Roosevelt.
b)
Critics didn't like the system of checks and balances.
c)
Critics thought he was trying to pack the court with justices who would agree with him.
d)
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10.
What happened on Black Tuesday?
a)
The stock market crashed
b)
President Harding died.
c)
Prohibition ended
d)
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11.
Which person did Americans blame MOST for the economic hard times that developed in the 1930s?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Calvin Coolidge
d)
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12.
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington D.C.?
a)
It wanted the government to give them jobs.
b)
It wanted the government to reopen failed banks.
c)
It wanted the government to pay WWI veterans their bonus early.
13.
Why were shantytowns for the homeless sometimes called "Hoovervilles?"
a)
President Herbert Hoover ordered their construction
b)
They were symbolic of President Herbert Hoover's failure to help victims of the Depression
c)
The name honored President Herbert Hoover for his efforts to fight homelessness
d)
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14.
What effect did President Roosevelt's radio talks have on the American people?
a)
He gave them hope.
b)
People were panicked by them.
c)
They had no effect on the American people.
d)
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15.
Which New Deal program still exists today?
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
c)
Social Security Administration
d)
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16.
The Great Depression was caused in part by...
a)
Increasing government support of big business.
b)
The overuse of credit and installment buying.
c)
High wages and low unemployment.
d)
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17.
Americans who did not have enough money to buy goods, would purchase goods using...
a)
Stock
b)
Buying on margin
c)
Credit
d)
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18.
Fireside chats explained FDR's policies to repair the United States economy
a)
True
b)
False
c)
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19.
The three R's of Roosevelt's New Deal were
a)
Relief, Reform, and Recovery
b)
Relief, Reform, and Repair
c)
Repair, Resolve, and Recovery
d)
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20.
One long term effect of the great Depression was that many people
a)
Became risk takers in the stock market
b)
Developed habits of saving and thriftiness
c)
Came to believe in small government
d)
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