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WorksheetsUS History Unit 3 Part 3
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?
a)
to strengthen the economy
b)
to avoid going to war
c)
to improve public education
d)
to end racial discrimination
2.
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a)
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
b)
a government program that helped women get the vote
c)
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
d)
a government program designed to help people during the depression
3.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote.
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens.
d)
It let people travel around the country freely.
4.
The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
the end of the gold rush
b)
the crash of the stock exchange
c)
the ending of World War II
d)
the high price of oil
5.
The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?
a)
Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
b)
The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.
c)
Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
d)
The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
6.
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. People did not have money to pay for necessities, such as shelter, food, and clothing. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," a program that
a)
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.
b)
provided new ways for people to apply for unemployment insurance.
c)
forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs.
d)
forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.
7.
a)
The Great Recession
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
New Deal
d)
Great Depression
8.
When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Calvin Coolidge
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Herbert Hoover
9.
In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?
a)
) The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
b)
The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
c)
The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
d)
The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.
10.
The Great Depression was a very difficult time period for most Americans, including farmers. People looked for ways to forget their troubles. Which of the following is NOT a way people tried to escape their troubles?
a)
Going to the movies
b)
Running track and field
c)
Listening to popular music
d)
Reading books
11.
Why is it important to have representatives in our government?
a)
It allows people who are well educated to make decisions.
b)
Representatives in our government can change our freedoms granted by the Bill of Rights.
c)
Representatives in our government can only make decisions based on their personal beliefs.
d)
It allows citizens to have a voice in the decision making process.
12.
The issue of slavery was a primary cause of the American Civil War. What was one other major issue that led to the war between the states?
a)
states setting their own borders
b)
drought in the South destroying the cotton crop
c)
states having more power than the national government
d)
construction of factories in the South
13.
In June of 1864, Senator Charles Sumner introduced the bill establishing the Bureau of Freedmen, calling it a "Bridge from Slavery to Freedom." Which of the following BEST describes how the Freedmen's Bureau affected the lives of former slaves?
a)
It provided camps where black soldiers could find their families.
b)
It provided shelter, food, schools, and legal protection to former slaves.
c)
It provided loans so that former slaves could buy land and farming equipment.
d)
It provided courts for former slaves to bring lawsuits against their former owners.
14.
Where did MOST European immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s work?
a)
ships on the coast
b)
plantations in the South
c)
farms in the Great Plains
d)
factories in the North
15.
People have different roles in our economic system__producer, provider, consumer, and investor. The person who buys stock in a company is
a)
a consumer.
b)
a producer.
c)
a provider.
d)
an investor.
16.
How did the 1929 stock market crash affect the United States economy in the 1930s?
a)
Unemployment reached its highest level in United States history.
b)
Congress voted to reject New Deal policies.
c)
Stock prices were higher than investors could afford.
d)
Agriculture replaced manufacturing as the primary industry.
17.
Which of the following is NOT a New Deal Program that FDR established?
a)
Conservation Country Corporation (CCC)
b)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
18.
Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Herbert Hoover helped the United States by coming up with many programs to help Americans get out of the Great Depression. These programs were known as the New Deal.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
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
22.
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
23.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?
a)
Excessive stock market speculation
b)
High unemploment
c)
Increased use of credit
d)
Overproduction of goods
24.
What was Roosevelt’s goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
a)
Restore the public’s faith in financial institutions
b)
Stimulate demand for manufactured goods
c)
Provide jobs for the unemployed
d)
Help farmers pay back their loans
25.
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
26.
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
27.
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that 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
28.
What statement best describes why liberals such as Father Coughlin criticized the New Deal?
a)
The government should take a laissez-faire approach to the economy
b)
the federal government should not go into debt to pay for new programs
c)
The states, not the federal government, should take control of people's welfare
d)
The federal government should do more to help worker's and the middle class
29.
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
30.
What best explains why the Supreme Court declared some New Deal programs, such as the National Recovery Administration, unconstitutional?
a)
It argued that the NRA gave the federal government too much power over the national commerce
b)
It argued that the federal government was not allowed to establish new agencies
c)
It argued that the NRA would harm retired workers
31.
What institution opposed parts of the New Deal because it believed it gave the federal government an unconstitutional amount of power over the states and economy?
a)
Congress
b)
Supreme Court
c)
Stock Market
d)
Executive Branch
32.
The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.
a)
Social Security
b)
SEC
c)
FDIC
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
33.
When President Roosevelt talked to the American people directly over the radio, they called it ____ ____.
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
the President talking
c)
Chats with me
d)
Campfire chats
34.
The ____ was formed to protect people in the stock market.
a)
Social Security
b)
SEC
c)
FDIC
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
35.
The New Deal was designed to end ___ ___ ___.
a)
The world
b)
World War 2
c)
Our classroom
d)
the Great Depression
36.
The Depression not only hit the USA, it hit other countries. It was called ___ ___.
a)
Global Warming
b)
Global Depression
c)
Down in the dumps
d)
globe trotting
37.
Who did people say caused the Great Depression?
a)
President Roosevelt
b)
President Hoover
c)
President Johnson
d)
President Washington
38.
Relief, Recovery, and Reform where the goals for the ___ ___ ___ of Roosevelt's presidency.
a)
First Hundred Days
b)
First Year
c)
All Four Years
d)
None of the above
39.
The ___ ____ ____ built 2 things, they were dams and power plants.
a)
Social Security
b)
FDIC
c)
SEC
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
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