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New Deal

Total questions: 113

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Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the President during the Great Depression?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt FDR

b)

John Kennedy JFK

c)

Winston Churchill

2.

The 3 goals to help the country get back on its feet were

a)

relief, recovery, reform

b)

riot, react, rebuild

c)

food, water, shelter

3.

Who passed laws to help the country get back on its feet?

a)

The Supreme Court

b)

Congress

c)

The states

4.

FDR...

a)

served the most years in office as president

b)

served the shortest term as president

c)

was assassinated while in office

5.

FDR's plan to help the country get out of the Depression was called__________

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Social Security

c)

The New Deal

6.

Did the New Deal help provide Relief, Recovery, and Reform?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

it caused more problems

7.

The New Deal created _____________ to help protect the elderly from poverty.

a)

Social Security

b)

The Fair Housing Act

c)

Voting rights

8.

Surprisingly, one thing the government did to help farmers was to...

a)

pay them to destroy their crops

b)

pay them double the crop's value

c)

export their crops to Germany

9.

The Civilian Conservation Corps gave people jobs doing what?

a)

selling newspapers

b)

building dams and planting trees

c)

making weapons for World War II

10.

FDR was cheerful and tried to boost American's morale

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The Great Depression ended when what other major event started?

a)

World War II

b)

The Civil Rights Movement

c)

Reconstruction

12.
Period in 1933 during which FDR passed many programs through congress
a)
The New Deal
b)
Hundred days
c)
Congress of Industrial Organizations
d)
First year
13.
Legislation designed to protect union workers' rights
a)
Wagner Act
b)
public work programs
c)
political right
d)
Federal Securities Act
14.
Government-funded projects to build public facilities
a)
Congress of Industrial Organizations
b)
public works programs
c)
demagogues 
d)
Congress of Public Programs
15.
Political group that often seeks radical governmental change 
a)
Political Right
b)
Political Left
c)
New Deal
d)
Republicans 
16.
Name of FDR's program to spur economic recovery and provide relief in the 1930s
a)
New Deal
b)
New Nationalism
c)
New Freedom
d)
New Country
17.
Labor organization that welcomed all workers regardless of gender, color, or skill
a)
Demagogues
b)
Congress of Industrial Organizations
c)
Knights of Labor
d)
Federal Securities Act
18.
Legislation that provided for old-age pensions for workers, unemployment insurance, and other welfare programs
a)
Federal Securities Act
b)
Social Security Act
c)
Wagner Act
d)
Federal Pension Act
19.
The total amount of borrowed money the federal government has yet to pay back
a)
Country Debt
b)
National Debt
c)
Compensation 
d)
Money
20.
Group of people who want to preserve a current system or power structure
a)
Political Left
b)
Political Right
c)
Congress
d)
The House
21.
Work stoppage in which workers refuse to leave the premises
a)
stand-up strike
b)
sit-down strike
c)
Workers strike
d)
Pinkerton Strike 
22.
How did the FDR administration react to a second Bonus March on Washington in 1933?
a)
handed out money to the veterans
b)
provided campsites for the war veterans
c)
ignored the situation
d)
sent in the National Guard to break up the riot
23.
Which New Deal agency was created to help business?
a)
Federal Reserve Board
b)
Civilian Conservation Corps
c)
National Recovery Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
24.
Why did the Supreme Court declare the National Recovery Administration unconstitutional?
a)
It gave the President law-making power
b)
It called for unfair taxation
c)
It enabled the federal government to manipulate the economy
d)
It weakened the power of the judicial branch
25.
Who was Mary McLeod Bathune?
a)
first woman appointed Secretary of Labor by FDR
b)
founder of the National Urban League during FDR's administration
c)
memeber of Roosevelt's brain trust
d)
director of the Division of Negro Affairs who vied for New Deal funds to help African Americans
26.
What issue did the New Deal programs fail to address?
a)
lynchings and discriminatory practices
b)
crop production and farm prices
c)
the unhealthy banking system
d)
Native Americans' need for schools, hospitals, and irrigation systems
27.
Which group was most likely to vote against FDR in the election of 1936?
a)
nother African Americans
b)
recent immigrants
c)
business leaders
d)
skilled and unskilled workers
28.
Why did the political left criticize the New Deal? 
a)
It did not go far enough to redistribute the nation's wealth
b)
It unfairly taxed successful, hardworking people
c)
Many programs smacked of "Bolshevism"
d)
It promoted a regimented, militaristic society 
29.
Why are Huey Long and Father Charles E. Coughlin referred to as demagogues?
a)
They manipulated people with half-truths and scare tactics
b)
They called for state ownership of factories and farms
c)
They planned, but did not recieve credit for, most New Deal programs
d)
They resorted to bribery in order to pass FDR's programs
30.
Which of the following greatly harmed FDR's popularity?
a)
the Wagner Act
b)
the social security system
c)
his court-packing reform
d)
government funding of the arts
31.
What was perhaps the most important legacy of the New Deal?
a)
the expansion of the President's power
b)
the end of the Great Depression
c)
garanteed health insurance for all citizens
d)
improved relations between business and labor
32.
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
33.
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
34.
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
35.
Which new deal program hired single, unemployed men between the ages of 18-25 to work on reforestation and to build National Parks?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
c)
Works Progress Administration
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
36.
Which New Deal program's goal was to prevent another Dust Bowl by paying a Subsidy to farmers?
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
b)
National Industrial Recovery Act
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
Fair Labor and Standards Act
37.

Which New Deal Program built dams throughout Southern states to supply electricity?

a)

Tennessee Valley Authority

b)

Works Progress Administration

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

38.
Which New Deal Program built buildings, bridges, and roads and is most remembered for building the landmark pictured here?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Works Progress Administration
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Fair Labor Standards Act
39.

Which agency provided work for writers, artists, and photographers as well as building projects?

a)

Works Progress Administration

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

40.
This natural disaster served to worsen the effects of the Great Depression on Farmers in the Midwest 
a)
Tornados
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Black Tuesday 
d)
Hurricanes
41.
The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 
a)
Stock Market 
b)
Great Depression
c)
Margin 
d)
New Deal 
42.
On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed and partially caused the Great Depression.
a)
Black Thursday
b)
Black Tuesday 
c)
Black Friday
d)
Black Sunday 
43.
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
44.
Who was the president at the end of the Great Depression?
a)
(F.D.R)
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
William Mckinley
d)
Abraham Lincoln
45.

What do we call a share of ownership in a company?

a)

minimum wage

b)

soup kitchen

c)

stock

d)

stock market

46.

Which president believed in the idea of a , "Return to Normalcy?"

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Warren G. Harding

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Herbert Hoover

47.

This term describes all the presidents approach in regards to government involvement in the 1920s.

a)

Egalitarianism

b)

Laissez-faire

c)

Liberty

d)

Popular Sovereignty

48.
Which president provided the New Deal to America?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Herbert Hoover
49.
What were fireside chats?
a)
conversational radio addresses given by FDR
b)
a radio show that bashed the New Deal
c)
a fun time within the campfire
d)
conversational radio addresses given by Wilson
50.
What program provided conversation jobs to young men?
a)
CCC
b)
AAA
c)
CAC
d)
PWA
51.
What program provided increased government regulation of trading on stock exchanges?
a)
ACC
b)
AAC
c)
SEC
d)
SSA
52.
Who was the wild Catholic priest who praised Hitler?
a)
Charles Coughlin
b)
Dr. Townshend
c)
Huey Long
d)
Carl Lewis
53.
What is social security?
a)
pensions for people who are unemployed
b)
pensions for people who are physically challenged
c)
pensions for all Americans over the age of 65
d)
pensions for men who leave women in a marriage
54.
What does the FDIC do?
a)
protecting bank interest rates
b)
protecting people against the machines
c)
protecting bank deposits
d)
loans for new home owners
55.
What encouraged loans for renovating or building homes?
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
FHA
d)
OLO
56.
What encouraged loans for renovating or building homes?
a)
PWA
b)
WPA
c)
FHA
d)
OLO
57.
What is the sit-down strike?
a)
a strike where the workers leave the factory
b)
a strike where the owners decide to fire all the workers
c)
a strike where the owners fall to make a deal with the workers
d)
a strike where workers refuse to work or leave the workplace
58.
Who used the "Black Cabinet"?
a)
Wilson
b)
Craig Yancy
c)
Billy Ray Cyrus
d)
FDR
59.
What was the name of FDR's first 100 days as President?
a)
200 days
b)
115 days
c)
Hundred Days
d)
OMG LOL TGIF
60.
Which program provided public jobs for many people who needed relief?
a)
WPA
b)
PWA
c)
AAA
d)
SSS
61.
Which term means "the lowest wage an employer can legally pay a worker"?
a)
maximum wage
b)
lost wages
c)
minimum wage
d)
wealthy
62.
Which branch did FDR attempt to "pack"
a)
Legislative
b)
Judicial 
c)
Oak
d)
Executive
63.
What disease did FDR have in his 20?
a)
ADHD
b)
typhoid fever 
c)
polio
d)
polo
64.
Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?
a)
low worker productivity
b)
high income taxes
c)
decreasing tariff rates
d)
buying stocks on margin
65.
Which of the following compounded the devastation caused by the Great Depression?
a)
the beginning of WWII
b)
the Red Scare and infiltration of communistic ideas
c)
influenza epidemic and poor healthcare
d)
Midwestern drought and Dust Bowl
66.
Which was an effect of the Great Depression on the American economy?
a)
high unemployment and overproduction
b)
large business investments and low taxes
c)
too much money in circulation and high stock prices
d)
high unemployment and falling real estate value
67.
What was FDR's goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
a)
stimulate economic growth
b)
increase the government's tax revenue
c)
provide jobs for the unemployed
d)
restore the public's faith in financial institutions
68.
Which region of the US suffered the most from the Dust Bowl?
a)
Southwest
b)
Pacific Northwest
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Great Plains
69.
The "dust bowls" described by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath had the greatest impact on--
a)
residents of urban slums
b)
plantation owners in the rural south
c)
workers in factory sweatshops
d)
farmers on the Great Plains
70.
This ended prohibition in the United States
a)
17th Amendment
b)
18th Amendment
c)
20th Amendment
d)
21st Amendment
71.
These were a series of radio addresses given by President Roosevelt
a)
Hooverville
b)
GNP
c)
Fireside chats
d)
Black Tuesday
72.
This happened when too much money was loaned to individuals who could not pay it back
a)
Bank failures
b)
Fireside chats
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Black Tuesday
73.
What was the Dust Bowl?
a)
Period of great drought that cost many farmers
b)
A law passed in the New Deal
c)
New factories that produced goods quickly
d)
A college foot
74.
What does "laissez faire" mean
a)
to take seriously
b)
to give money
c)
to become free
d)
to leave alone
75.
Period of severe economic decline
a)
The 1920's
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Great Depression
76.
Name given to the shantytowns that developed during the Great Depression
a)
Hooverville
b)
Dust Bowl
c)
Fireside chats
d)
Hawley Smoot
77.
Designed to create jobs building roads, bridges, etc and was known for supporting the arts
a)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC
78.
True or false:
Wealth was evenly distributed throughout the United States in the 1920's
a)
True
b)
False
79.
Which of these New Deal programs was designed to provide pensions (retirement funds) for citizens?
a)
Social Security
b)
Federal Securities Exchange
c)
Agricultrual Application Commission
d)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
80.
Which president believed that government should partner closely with citizens and businesses?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Hoover
81.
What term is used to describe the "four day period in which all banks closed to review their policies"? 
a)
Vacation Day
b)
Bank Holiday
c)
Bank Break
82.
This term was used to describe the group of unofficial African-American advisers to President Roosevelt.  
a)
The "Black Cabinet"
b)
The "Brain Trust"
c)
The "New Deal" 
83.
Which New Deal agency provided thousands of jobs from 1935 to 1940, building roads and schools, but also helping writers and artists?
a)
3 R's
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
c)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
d)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
84.
"If jobs are not available, the government must create jobs for those who are unemployed."
Which Depression-Era President would have said this?
a)
Hoover
b)
FDR
85.
What event helped end the  Great Depression along with the New Deal?
a)
World War II
b)
Start of Prohibition
c)
World War I
d)
The Cold War
86.
FDR's Court-Packing plan involved increasing the number of judges on the Supreme Court from _____ to _____
a)
7 to 12
b)
5 to 7
c)
9 to 15
d)
15 to 21
87.
Factory owners and farmers lost money at the start of the Great Depression due to:
a)
The Stock Market Crash
b)
Overproduction
c)
Underproduction
d)
Laying Off Workers
88.
Some people were critical of the New Deal programs saying they did not help who enough?
a)
The Youth
b)
Single Mothers
c)
Minorities, the Elderly and Women
d)
The Wealthy
89.
Which New Deal program built dams and worked with flooding and erosion in one of poorest regions in U.S.
a)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
b)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
d)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
90.
Governor Huey Long came up with the "Share Our Wealth" and "Every Man a King" programs, but what ultimately happened to him?
a)
He was assassinated
b)
He became President
c)
He stayed in Louisiana
d)
He was forced to leave the U.S.
91.
Because Eleanor Roosevelt supported Social Reform, what group would she go to help during World War II?
a)
The Tuskegee Airmen
b)
Japanese-Americans 
c)
Mexican Immigrants
d)
Jewish Refugees
92.
Due to the Dust Bowl, many people from the Midwest ended up migrating.  Where did most Okies end up going?
a)
Florida
b)
Texas
c)
California
d)
Washington
93.
What was the name of John Steinbeck's novel about Dust Bowl migrants from Oklahoma?
a)
The Grapes of Wrath
b)
Gone With The Wind
c)
Twister
d)
The Ides of March
94.
What form of direct relief was most common during the Great Depression?
a)
Banking Reform
b)
Industrial Recovery
c)
Breadlines
d)
New Deal Jobs
95.
What kind of Presidents would both Teddy Roosevelt and FDR both be considered because they embraced social reforms?
a)
Socialist
b)
Progressive
c)
Independent
d)
Conservative
96.
FDR passed more legislation in the First ______ than most presidents do in two years
a)
50 days
b)
75 days
c)
100 days
d)
150 days
97.

New Deal program that helps people get mortgage loans from banks.

a)

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

d)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

98.

The causes of the Great Depression were-

a)

Overspeculation, high tariffs, overproduction, & shaky banking

b)

Overspeculation, low tariffs, overproduction, & shaky banking

c)

Overspeculation, high tariffs, underproduction, & shaky banking

d)

Overspeculation, high tariffs, overproduction, & stable banking

99.

________________ won the 1932 presidential election in a landslide victory over Herbert Hoover.

a)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Calvin Coolidge

d)

Warren G. Harding

100.

First lady who assisted women in increasing their part in U.S society during the Great Depression.

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Jackie Onasis

c)

Michele Obama

d)

Barbara Bush

101.

The supreme court found some of _________________ unconstitutional, because the executive & legislative branch could not give or use more power than granted by the constitution.

a)

FDR's New Deal legislation

b)

the building of the Hoover Dam

c)

The Mexican Repatriation Act

d)

the stock market crash

102.

Stock market crashes on-

a)

October 29, 1929

b)

November 29, 1929

c)

December 29, 1929

d)

September 29, 1929

103.

Huey Long, the Alabama Senator proposed a "Share the Wealth" program. This was a-

a)

dramatic redistribution of the nation's wealth

b)

charity event taken place all over the nation

c)

copy of the trickle down theory by Hoover

d)

food stamps program during the Great Depression

104.

The _______________ caused a huge migration of people from the Great Plains to the west.

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Mexican Repatriation Act

c)

Stock Market Crash

d)

Great Depression

105.

Unemployed and homeless people built shantytowns outside the city center during the Great Depression called-

a)

Hoovervilles

b)

Favelas

c)

Barrios

d)

Vecindades

106.

FDR gave a series of speeches on the radio to encourage Americans during the Great Depression called-

a)

Fireside Chats

b)

Radio Chats

c)

Great Depression adresses

d)

One on One chats

107.

The long term effect of the Great Depression was the expanding role of the federal government.

a)

True

b)

False

108.

The ___________________ upgraded the regional standard of living & created jobs during the Great Depression.

a)

Tennessee Valley Authority

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

National Industrial Recovery Act

d)

Works Progress Adminstration

109.

____________________ mismanaged interest rates and the country's money supply during the Great Depression.

a)

The Federal Reserve System

b)

The New Deal

c)

Hoovervilles

d)

Banks

110.

Some people who opposed FDR's New Deal argued that it was jeopardizing America's-

a)

Free-enterprise system

b)

socialism system

c)

traditional economy

d)

command economy

111.

Law that sent people back to their home country to increase job availability for Americans.

a)

Mexican Repatriation Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Executive Order 9066

d)

Immigration quotas

112.

New Deal program responsible for the federal government guarantee of protection on bank deposits.

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)

b)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

c)

Social Security Act (SSA)

d)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

113.

Led to the decrease in international trade and one of the causes to the Great Depression.

a)

high tariffs

b)

overproduction

c)

speculation

d)

stock market crash

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