Which of the following was true about African-Americans during the Great Depression?

They began to vote more for Democrats than Republicans

Which of the following New Deal programs provided work for unemployed writers, artists and actors?

The Works Progress Administration

Which of the following was the main goal of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

To guarantee that money invested in banks was safe

All of the following was true about FDR and the Supreme Court EXCEPT

FDR was only able to appoint one SC justice in all his years as President

Which New Deal program provided pay, food, lodging and uniforms to young men to develop parks/plant trees

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Which of the following New Deal programs gave money directly to struggling Americans?

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration

All of the following was true about Franklin Roosevelt EXCEPT

Served as Vice President under Woodrow Wilson

Which of the following New Deal programs paid farmers to destroy crops and livestock?

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

Which of the following was true about FDR's Fireside Chats?

FDR gave radio talks to discuss what he was doing to help Americans

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1
Which of the following was true about African-Americans during the Great Depression?
They had a lower unemployment rate than white Americans
They began to vote more for Democrats than Republicans
They finally experienced the end of Jim Crow segregation laws
They saw the end of the poll tax and literacy test requirements for voting
2
Which New Deal program provided retirement to those 65 % up/compensation to those who were temporarily unemployed
The Social Security Act
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The National Industrial Recovery Act
The Home Owners Loan Corporation
3
Which of the following New Deal programs provided work for unemployed writers, artists and actors?
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Social Security Act
The National Industrial Recovery Act
The Works Progress Administration
4
Which of the following was the main goal of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
To close the banks until the money supply could be corrected
To make sure that all Americans could afford proper insurance
To give corporations money so that they could hire more people
To guarantee that money invested in banks was safe
5
All of the following was true about FDR and the Supreme Court EXCEPT
The Supreme Court believed the New Deal was overstepping federal authority
FDR was only able to appoint one SC justice in all his years as President
FDR failed to increase the number of Supreme Court justices
The Supreme Court ruled that some of the New Deal was unconstitutional
6
Which New Deal program provided pay, food, lodging and uniforms to young men to develop parks/plant trees
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Farm Security Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Adminstration
7
Which of the following New Deal programs gave money directly to struggling Americans?
The Works Progress Administration
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The National Industrial Recovery Act
8
All of the following was true about Franklin Roosevelt EXCEPT
Served as Vice President under Woodrow Wilson
Served as Governor of New York
Suffered from polio making him partially disabled
Married his distant cousin Eleanor
9
Which of the following New Deal programs hired men to build dams to help generate power and control flooding?
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The National Industrial Recovery Act
The Tennessee Valley Authority
10
All of the following was a major part of the New Deal EXCEPT
Relief for the Needy
Government Renewal
Financial Reform
Economic Recovery
11
Which of the following New Deal programs paid farmers to destroy crops and livestock?
The Social Security Act
The Farm Security Administration
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
12
Which of the following was true about FDR's Fireside Chats?
FDR would have meetings in the homes of some important members of Congress
FDR invited newspaper reporters to outdoor press conferences
FDR gave radio talks to discuss what he was doing to help Americans
FDR invited everyday Americans to the White House to help him problem solve

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