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USH-U9-The New Deal

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who won the 1932 election?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Jo.....

d)

Warren Harding

2.

Franklin Roosevelt was a...

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Jedi

3.

What communication device did FDR use to calm America's fears?

a)

radio

b)

TV

c)

the internet

d)

insta-face-gram-chat

4.

Which Amendment STARTED Prohibition of alcohol?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

5.

Which Amendment ENDED Prohibition of alcohol?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

6.

Which Amendment moved the start date for the new President from March to January?

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

7.

Which was NOT one of the categories for FDR's New Deal Programs?

a)

relief

b)

recovery

c)

reform

d)

revolution

8.

What was the main purpose of the "banking holiday" when FDR shut down all the banks?

a)

to reduce the money supply

b)

to make sure all banks could reopen

c)

to put new managers in place

d)

to restore confidence in the banking system

9.

Which New Deal program employed mostly unmarried men doing things like: planting trees, flood control, & erosion prevention?

a)

Federal Theater Project

b)

Civilian Conservation Corps

c)

Tennessee Valley Authority

d)

Social Security Act

10.

The Works Progress Administration funded things like:

a)

roads, bridges

b)

airports

c)

schools

d)

all the above

11.

Which program raised crop prices, paid farmers to leave land unplanted, slaughter excess livestock.

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

National Labor Relations Board

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

12.

Which program is most know for building a large series of dams to produce hydroelectric power ?

a)

Public Works Administration

b)

National Labor Relations Board

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

13.

One New Deal program dealt specifically with mortgages. What is a mortgage?

a)

a loan for consumer goods

b)

a loan for a house

c)

a loan for a car

d)

a loan for a small business

14.

What was the Soil Conservation Act trying to prevent?

a)

another Dust Bowl

b)

another stock market crash

c)

another album by Cardio B

d)

another immigration crisis

15.

Which was NOT part of the Social Security Act?

a)

retirement for elderly Americans

b)

a cash supplement for young Americans

c)

unemployment compensation

d)

Disability payments

16.

Who regulates the Stock Market?

a)

Da President

b)

Da Congress

c)

Da Securities & Exchange Commission

d)

Da Baby

17.

Which law separated the commercial (retail) banks from the risky investment banks?

a)

Glass-Steagall Act

b)

Federal Securities Act

c)

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

d)

Emergency Banking Act

18.

What govt agency makes sure that if Mr. Barr robs your bank while he's "chasin dem bags" , your money will be refunded by the government?

a)

National Labor Relations Board

b)

Securities & Exchange Commission

c)

Federal Securities Act

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

19.

Which law tried to establish codes for fair business practices, regulate wages, production & prices? But was struck down as unconstitutional by the SCOTUS?

a)

National Industrial Recovery Act

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

National Labor Relations Act

d)

Gold Reserve Act

20.

Which law banned child labor & set a minimum wage?

a)

National Industrial Recovery Act

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

National Labor Relations Act

d)

Gold Reserve Act

21.

Which law legalized collective bargaining, closed shops & was meant to bring peace between the labor unions & management?

AKA...the Wagner Act

a)

National Industrial Recovery Act

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

National Labor Relations Act

d)

Gold Reserve Act

22.

TRUE OR FALSE: Many New Deal programs were shot down by the Supreme Court.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

What did FDR want to do to stop his laws from being shot down by the Supreme Court?

a)

help Republicans win the House & Senate

b)

pack the Supreme Court with more justices loyal to him

c)

abolish the Supreme Court

d)

get rid of Congress

24.

People like Charles Coughlin & Huey Long _____________ FDR's New Deal.

a)

SUPPORTED

b)

OPPOSED

25.

What was Huey Long's proposed plan to get America out of the Depression?

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Newer New Deal

c)

Stacks on Stacks on Stacks

d)

Share Our Wealth

26.

Who was the 1st female cabinet member?

a)

Mary McLeod Bethune

b)

Francis Perkins

c)

Eleanor Roosevelt

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

27.

The New Deal _______________________ government involvement and control over the economy.

a)

INCREASED

b)

DECREASED

c)

Had No effect

28.

How did most people feel about FDR's plan to "pack the Supreme Court" to make sure his New Deal passed?

a)

they supported his plan

b)

they opposed his plan

c)

they didn't care about his plan

29.

Government spending ____________ during the New Deal Era.

a)

INCREASED

b)

DECREASED

c)

stayed the same

30.

In a "closed shop" union agreement.....

a)

employers can hire whomever they want

b)

employers can't hire union members

c)

employers can only hire union members

31.

Who was President at the beginning of the Great Depression?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Teddy Roosevelt

32.

Which was NOT part of the New Deal program categories?

a)

Relief

b)

Reparations

c)

Reform

d)

Recovery

33.

Which of these was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

a)

high consumer debt

b)

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930

c)

decrease in unemployment

d)

overproduction in manufacturing & farming

34.

Which best describes the New Deal era?

a)

a return to laissez faire policies of Hoover, Harding & Coolidge

b)

de-regulation of most major industries

c)

decrease in federal involvement in the economy

d)

increase in federal involvement in the economy

35.

America puts tariffs on foreign imports bc those imports are __________ than American products.

a)

MORE EXPENSIVE

b)

CHEAPER

c)

SAFER

d)

MORE DANGEROUS

36.

Another word for relief is.....

a)

tariff

b)

welfare

c)

laissez faire

d)

labor

37.

Programs like the CCC, PWA & WPA focused on what?

a)

regulating the stock market

b)

banking reforms

c)

labor union laws

d)

job creation

38.

Which New Deal program focused on restoring confidence in the banking system?

a)

Home Owners Loan Corporation

b)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps

d)

Public Works Administration

39.

Which law did Barr say (on 2 separate days) was one of the most important laws in our nation's history?

a)

Wagner Act

b)

National Industrial Recovery Act

c)

Glass-Steagall Act

d)

Emergency Banking Relief Act