Great Depression/New Deal Review Quiz
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- 1.Hoover's response to the economic troubles of the 1930s was to __________.
- A.
Encourage businesses and private citizens to work toward meeting the nations' needs
- B.
Administer fiscal policy to ease the nation's financial crisis
- C.
Call for sweeping legislation designed to improve the lives of suffering Americans
- D.
Increase government spending
- 2.During the dust storms, many Great Plains farmers abandoned their farms and headed to California, lured by __________.
- A.
Large industries looking for workers
- B.
Good employment benefits
- C.
Inexpensive housing
- D.
Jobs in agriculture
- 3.When voters compared Hoover and Roosevelt, Roosevelt's __________ convinced voters to elect him to the presidency.
- A.
Warmth and promise of a New Deal
- B.
Youth and strength
- C.
Republican ideas
- D.
Radical approach
- 4.What did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration propose it would do to raise farm prices?
- A.
Pay farmers subsidies so that they were able to meet production standards
- B.
Encourage European trade so that the market for farm products would increase
- C.
Pay farmers subsidies to reduce crop production and livestock
- D.
Purchase surplus farm products for a period of five years
- 5.How did Roosevelt's fireside chats impact his public image?
- A.
The informal radio broadcasts made FDR seem compassionate and responsive.
- B.
The broadcasts helped people understand the New Deal policies but made FDR seem aloof.
- C.
His public image improved when people saw his concern on television.
- D.
The broadcasts made him seem too casual about the economic troubles of the 1930s.
- 6.What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
- A.
To tax workers and employers
- B.
To provide economic relief to the elderly, the orphaned, and individuals injured in industrial accidents
- C.
To provide benefits to employees who lost their jobs
- D.
To promote personal responsibility for one's own welfare
- 7.Why did Roosevelt challenge the balance of the judicial system?
- A.
To create judicial support for his New Deal
- B.
To relieve the judges' workload
- C.
To obtain Congress' support for his New Deal
- D.
To rid the Supreme Court of the justices who objected to the New Deal
- 8.The African Americans appointees who represented Roosevelt's "black cabinet" __________.
- A.
Served as the first African Americans in U.S. history appointed to key cabinet posts
- B.
Advised Roosevelt on African American matters and usually held secondary posts
- C.
Helped to influence important civil rights legislation
- D.
Were successful in convincing Roosevelt to pass anti-lynching legislation
- 9.Why was the New Deal a turning point in the nation's history?
- A.
It provided sweeping progressive reforms.
- B.
It used government programs to improve the lives of citizens.
- C.
It acknowledged government responsibility for individuals and the nation.
- D.
It provided civil rights legislation to correct social inequities.
- 10.An anti-Semitic, anti-Roosevelt preacher, ________________, was a demagogue who wanted to nationalize banks
- A.
Senator Huey Long
- B.
John Collier
- C.
Father Coughlin
- D.
Reverend Wright
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