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1006 Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Check off the two long term effects of the New Deal on the US economy.

a)

government became more powerful

b)

Americans believed that their government should help them

c)

government became less powerful

d)

laissez-faire economics became more common

2.

Check off what FDR promised in 1932.

a)

"A New Deal"

b)

government action

c)

"A return to normalcy"

d)

laissez-faire economics

3.

These measures corrected unsound banking and investment practices (e.g. the FDIC).

a)

reform measures

b)

recovery measures

c)

relief measures

d)

responding measures

4.

These measures provided direct payment to people for immediate help (e.g. Works Progress Administration—WPA).

a)

reform measures

b)

recovery measures

c)

relief measures

d)

responding measures

5.

These programs were designed to bring the nation out of the depression over time (e.g. Agricultural Adjustment Administration—AAA).

a)

reform measures

b)

recovery measures

c)

relief measures

d)

responding measures

6.

FDR was a master of communication? What did he use to communicate with the country (a.k.a his fireside chats)?

a)

radio

b)

TV

c)

telegraph

d)

letters

7.

Check off the Americans who received help from the Social Security Act of 1935.

a)

injured workers

b)

moms with kids

c)

disabled people

d)

older people

e)

recent immigrants

8.

FDR and Congress got straight to work after he was elected. This flurry of activity was known as the first -

a)

100 days.

b)

50 days.

c)

30 days.

d)

200 days.

9.

What quote did FDR say when he gave his first Inaugural Address?

a)

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".

b)

"We must make the world safe for democracy".

c)

"...that government by the people, for the people and of the people shall not perish from this earth."

d)

"It's like lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire".

10.

What does Hoover believe the country loses under FDR's New Deal?

a)

freedom

b)

poverty

c)

hunger

d)

hope