What was the New Deal?

Franklin Roosevelt's policies aimed at dealing with the Great Depression

What was Roosevelt's most highly praised New Deal work relief program?

the Civilian Conservation Corps

Why were people on the liberal political left unhappy with the First New Deal?

They felt it hadn't gone far enough to help the country.

What was the significance of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

It monitored banks and issued approval to those that were still sound.

What Second New Deal program employed 8.5 million people to construct highways, parks, and public buildings?

the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

What was FDR's court-packing plan?

Appoint extra justices to the Supreme Court and force others to retire

What was a sit-down strike?

when workers refused to work or leave a factory

What was the result of Roosevelt's spending cuts in 1937?

The country entered a recession.

What was the enduring belief that the Social Security Act created for the first time in American society?

the government should be responsible for those who cannot work

FDR created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to provide

government insurance for bank deposits.

How did the Second New Deal differ from the First?

It focused more on jobs and those who could not work.

What was the primary reason Franklin Roosevelt was able to win the presidency so easily in 1932?

Americans perceived Hoover's efforts at a recovery as a huge failure.

What is Keynesianism?

theory that governments must spend heavily during a recession

Conservative critics of the First New Deal believed that

FDR was spending too much money, creating a major deficit.

What piece of legislation from the First New Deal created jobs for young men with the forestry department?

the Civilian Conservation Corps

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1
What was the New Deal?
the Republican plan to revitalize the economy by creating job agencies
Franklin Roosevelt's policies aimed at dealing with the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover's policies aimed at dealing with the Great Depression
the name for Herbert Hoover's failed recovery efforts
2
What was Roosevelt's most highly praised New Deal work relief program?
the Civilian Conservation Corps
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration
the Public Works Administration
the Civil Works Administration
3
What law established the first federal minimum wage and abolished child labor?
the National Industrial Recovery Act
the Social Security Act
the National Labor Relations Act
the Fair Labor Standards Act
4
Which far leftist figure created the Share Our Wealth Society?
Huey Long
Francis Townsend
Harry Hopkins
Father Charles Coughlin
5
In his Inaugural Address, FDR stated that “the only thing we have to fear ________."
is the type of panic that causes bank runs
is fear itself
is communism
is the rise of fascism in Germany
6
Why were people on the liberal political left unhappy with the First New Deal?
They feared that borrowing foreign money would cause diplomatic troubles.
They wanted the government to work more with religious organizations.
They felt it hadn't gone far enough to help the country.
They worried about deficit spending.
7
What was the significance of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
created a national bank that could be relied on by citizens.
created an influx of capital to failing banks.
It monitored banks and issued approval to those that were still sound.
stopped the use of bank holidays.
8
What was the result of the U.S. presidential election of 1936?
Roosevelt won by a landslide.
Roosevelt lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote.
Roosevelt was defeated by the Republican candidate.
Roosevelt ran unopposed.
9
Before FDR ran for president, he served as _______.
governor of New York
attorney general under Theodore Roosevelt
senator from New Jersey
vice-president under Woodrow Wilson
10
Who was the first African American woman to head a federal agency?
Mary Church Terrell
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ida B. Wells
11
What Second New Deal program employed 8.5 million people to construct highways, parks, and public buildings?
the National Union for Social Justice
the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
12
What was FDR's court-packing plan?
Appoint extra justices to the Supreme Court and force others to retire
Appoint several women as federal justices
Wait for all the justices to die so he could appoint friendlier ones
Refuse to follow rulings of the Supreme Court when they ruled against him
13
What was a sit-down strike?
when workers sat in front of factories, blocking the entrances
when workers continued to work, but very poorly
when workers refused to work or leave a factory
when management refused to let workers leave
14
What was the result of Roosevelt's spending cuts in 1937?
The budget was balanced.
The country entered a recession.
The US military was eliminated.
The deficit was paid off.
15
Before FDR was inaugurated, there was an increase in ______ because investors feared he might abandon the gold standard.
people leaving the country
foreclosures
mine claims
bank runs
16
What was the enduring belief that the Social Security Act created for the first time in American society?
the government must help African American farm and domestic workers
the government should be responsible for those who cannot work
high taxes are the price workers pay for a safety net
employers must pay pensions to workers who are injured on the job
17
FDR created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to provide
federal control over struggling state banks.
life insurance for all Americans.
a safety net through social security for elderly Americans.
government insurance for bank deposits.
18
How did the Second New Deal differ from the First?
It raised taxes on the wealthy to pay for programs.
It created a series of agencies to deal with various programs.
It provided sweeping business regulation.
It focused more on jobs and those who could not work.
19
What was the primary reason Franklin Roosevelt was able to win the presidency so easily in 1932?
Massachusetts was seen as the perfect proving ground for a president.
The Democratic Party already had a lock on the presidency for years.
Americans perceived Hoover's efforts at a recovery as a huge failure.
Eleanor Roosevelt campaigned and lobbied tirelessly for her husband.
20
What is Keynesianism?
idea that cutting government programs in a recession encourages recovery
theory that governments must spend heavily during a recession
political ideology that the government is responsible to voters
concept that federal interest rates determine business hiring
21
Conservative critics of the First New Deal believed that
FDR's policies did not go far enough in alleviating poverty.
FDR was too focused on the problems in Europe.
FDR was not focused enough on rural problems.
FDR was spending too much money, creating a major deficit.
22
One significant legacy of the New Deal for American workers was the creation of _______________.
a decentralized federal government
a balanced budget
a public safety net
a less powerful presidency
23
What piece of legislation from the First New Deal created jobs for young men with the forestry department?
the Public Works Administration
the Federal Emergency Relief Administration
the Civilian Conservation Corps
the Civil Works Administration
24
FDR's early time in office when he sent 15 pieces of recovery legislation to Congress came to be known as ______
the Hundred Days
the Great Recovery
the Square Deal
the First Lap
25
As an adult Franklin Delano Roosevelt lost the use of his legs due to
being shot during the First World War.
an injury from a horseback riding accident.
getting polio.
being shot in a failed assassination attempt.

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