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WorksheetsGreat Depression
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
To fight the Depression, the first thing Roosevelt set out to do was to
a)
A. provide direct relief to people.
b)
B. set up public works programs.
c)
C. restore confidence in the banks.
d)
D. provide relief for farmers.
2.
In the case Schechter Poultry Company v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down
a)
A. part of the New Deal.
b)
B. the Housing authority
c)
C. deficit spending.
d)
D. the Glass-Steagall Act.
3.
Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because
a)
A. many Americans opposed the idea of forced retirement.
b)
B. the angry judges reacted by striking down much of the New Deal legislation.
c)
C. it appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers.
d)
D. the angry judges struck down the plan as unconstitutional.
4.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to help farmers by
a)
A. helping small farmers become more efficient.
b)
B. paying them not to grow crops.
c)
C. buying farm surpluses.
d)
D. making land available for farming.
5.
Roosevelt triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 by
a)
A. launching new programs.
b)
B. decreasing government spending
c)
C. breaking up trusts. .
d)
D. decreasing taxes.
6.
Senator Huey Long wanted the government to
a)
A. share the wealth of the rich.
b)
B. balance the budget.
c)
C. pay citizens over 60 a monthly pension.
d)
D. stop interfering with business.
7.
Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the
a)
A. fireside chats.
b)
B. Glass-Steagall Act.
c)
C. gold standard.
d)
D. New Deal.
8.
To pay for New Deal programs, Roosevelt abandoned a balanced budget and began using
a)
A. deficit spending.
b)
B. savings and loans.
c)
C. direct relief.
d)
D. binding arbitration.
9.
The United Auto Workers staged ________ strikes against General Motors, in which they stopped working but refused to leave the factory.
a)
A. broker
b)
B. violent
c)
C. sit-down
d)
D. mediated
10.
Child labor was abolished by the
a)
A. Wagner Act.
b)
B. Fair Labor Standards Act.
c)
C. Social Security Act.
d)
D. National Industrial Recovery Act.
11.
The period of time in 1933 when the newly elected Franklin Roosevelt sent bill after bill to Congress came to be called the
a)
A. Bank Holiday.
b)
B. Hundred Days.
c)
C. Rise to Power.
d)
D. New Deal.
12.
Why did the Supreme Court rule parts of the New Deal unconstitutional?
a)
A. The Supreme Court justices were Republicans.
b)
B. Roosevelt was exceeding his Constitutional authority.
c)
C. Congress was passing laws the Court supported over Roosevelt.
d)
D. The Supreme Court justices were just nine angry men.
13.
What was the primary purpose of President Franklin Roosevelt’s program to plant millions of trees on the Great Plains during the Great Depression?
a)
A. To protect railroad business investments
b)
B. beautification in the region
c)
C. To prevent further erosion of the soil
d)
D. To develop the national parks system
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