Chapter 18 The New Deal
1.
What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's brain trust?
A) Republicans who Roosevelt chose to serve in his cabinet
B) Eleanor Roosevelt and Frances Perkins
C) a group of professors from Columbia University who advised Roosevelt
D) newspaper reporters who barraged him with questions
2.
How did the president restore confidence in the nation's banks?
A) Roosevelt used a fireside chat to encourage Americans to keep their money at home until the banks became sound again.
B) Roosevelt used federal money to make sure the banks were sound.
C) FDR assured the American people that only sound banks would be allowed to open again.
D) FDR opened all the banks in the nation and assured the American people that they would be safe.
3.
Which of the following best characterizes the First New Deal?
A) meeting each day's troubles
B) following a carefully constructed plan
C) taking a long-term approach to recovery
D) restoring faith in the nation's banks
4.
How did Congress react to President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the "Hundred Days"?
A) Congress refused to cooperate with the president.
B) Congress passed a few minor bills that the president requested.
C) Congress ignored the president.
D) Congress passed bills suggested by the president with little debate.
5.
All of the following are general purposes of FDR's New Deal programs EXCEPT ____________
A) relief for victims of the Depression.
B) reform of the economic system.
C) implementation of foreign policy objectives.
D) recovery from the Depression.
6.
What was the "alphabet soup" served up by the FDR presidency?
A) programs created by New Deal legislation
B) new income tax forms
C) a plan to help the nation's schools
D) food for the poor in soup kitchens
7.
Why did total farm income rise more than 50 percent in 1936?
A) The government paid farmers their incomes in 1936.
B) Farmers had to hire far fewer pickers among the migrant workers in 1936.
C) Farmers had a bumper crop in 1936.
D) Surpluses were greatly reduced by 1936.
8.
What caused the Dust Bowl?
A) farmers abandoning their lands in the Great Plains
B) the plowing of grazing lands and a drought
C) the return of the semiarid lands of the Great Plains to grazing
D) a period of intense tornado activity
9.
How did the NRA enforce its codes to control production during the Depression?
A) It used its power to keep prices down and wages up.
B) It had unlimited power granted to it by Congress.
C) It used the power of public opinion to enforce the codes.
D) It closed companies if they disobeyed the codes.
10.
What did the Works Progress Administration attempt to do?
A) provide outdoor jobs for single men aged 18 to 25
B) provide a pension for unemployable Americans
C) provide construction jobs for all interested men
D) provide a chance for all people to use their skills to earn an income
11.
Which of the following was the core of the Social Security program?
A) provision of jobs to unemployed skilled workers
B) provision of part-time jobs to keep students in school
C) retirement benefits paid for by taxes on workers and employers
D) direct donations of food, money, and clothing to the needy
12.
The National Labor Relations Board was set up to do all the following EXCEPT ____________
A) fire workers who supported union activities.
B) order employers to halt antiunion activities.
C) reinstate workers fired for supporting unions.
D) hold secret elections in factories to determine whether workers wanted to unionize.
13.
What was the best-selling book of the 1930s?
A)
U.S.A.
B)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
C)
Gone with the Wind
D)
The Grapes of Wrath
14.
Why were movies so popular in the 1930s?
A) They tended to have serious and powerful themes.
B) Movie tickets were very cheap.
C) They helped people escape the realities of the Depression for a few hours.
D) They tended to be like real life, so more people could relate to them.
15.
Where might everyday families of the 1930s enjoy soap operas, musical variety shows, and symphonies?
A) on television
B) on the radio
C) in person
D) in the movies
