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WorksheetsNew Deal
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression. The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which
a)
provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs.
b)
helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
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.
2.
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
3.
The New Deal stressed Relief, Recover, and _______.
a)
Reform
b)
Revolution
c)
Reinvention
d)
Reinforcement
4.
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
5.
Which "R" does NOT belong?
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Redemption
6.
This man was president at the beginning of the Great Depression and relied on "rugged individualism" to fix it
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Sherbert Hoover
7.
This man was elected after Hoover with the hopes that he would end the Great Depression
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Franklin Roosevelt
c)
Warren Harding
d)
Calvin Coolidge
8.
What famous quote came from Roosevelt's first inaugural address and gave people hope that the Depression would end?
a)
"The only thing we have to fear is Hitler"
b)
"Make America Great Again"
c)
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
d)
"Oh geez...how did I end up President?"
9.
This was the name for Roosevelt's plan to end the Depression
a)
New Deal
b)
Square Deal
c)
Depression Ender 6500
d)
Return to Normalcy
10.
These programs were designed to stimulate the economy and end the Depression?
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Reuse
11.
These created jobs and provided people with direct assistance during the Great Depression
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Reduce
12.
These programs were designed to prevent a future Depression
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Recycle
13.
Shanty towns (make-shift) towns were named after this person due to the people’s dissatisfaction of the amount of help they were given after the Stock Market Crash?
a)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley
14.
What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?
a)
by eliminating trading on the stock market
b)
by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
c)
by creating jobs through various new programs
d)
by giving people money through new bank laws
15.
The New Deal was divided into 3 categories: relief for immediate help, reform to fix problems, and _________________________ to help the people and nation “get back on their feet”.
a)
reinvent
b)
radicalize
c)
recovery
d)
reissue
16.
What year did the Stock Market Crash?
a)
1928
b)
1929
c)
1930
d)
1931
17.
Where did most people move to during the Dust Bowl to escape the storm and to start over?
a)
Out West ( California )
b)
Up North ( New York )
c)
Down South ( Georgia )
d)
East ( South Carolina )
18.
"The New Deal" was designed around what things?
a)
Food, shelter, and banks
b)
relief, recovery, and reform
c)
starvation, world peace, and helping those in need
d)
Government budgets
19.
The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
a)
New Deal
b)
Great Depression
c)
Dust Bowl
d)
Civil War
20.
A set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
a)
Old Deal
b)
Fair Deal
c)
Square Deal
d)
New Deal
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