The Tennessee Valley Authority

Built dams & hydroelectric projects to control flooding &etc

What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?

Provided jobs for many of the unemployed on construction.

During the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover believed that the government

Didn’t have responsibility to give economic help to citizens

Regarding jobs, minorities during the Great Depression

Faced increasing discrimination

The court-packing plan was the

beginning of the end of the New Deal

What areas were affected by the Dust Bowl?

Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado

studbud

The Gr8 Depression and New Deal

21 termsStudBud Administration17 plays

A few questions about The Great Depression and New Deal. Chapter 20-21 of APUSH.

Flashcards21 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 21

Answers

1
The New Deal was attacked by
Socialits
All of the above
Conservative Democrats
Bankers
2
The Popular Front included
None of the above
Republicans
Communists
Democrats
3
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Established new schools in the state of Tennessee
Reserved parts of the state of Tennessee for farmland
Gave farmers credit to buy farming machinery and seeds
Built dams & hydroelectric projects to control flooding &etc
4
In the New Deal, Roosevelt adopted many of his economic policies from
Herbert Hoover
John Keynes
Hitler
Huey Long
5
What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
Provided jobs for many of the unemployed on construction.
Gave retirement pension, unemployment & disability insurance
Improved agricultural prices by limiting market supplies
Built roads, schools, hospitals, and other public facilities
6
President Roosevelt spoke to the public directly over the radio through
Fireside chats
Sunday morning talk shows
Speeches in front of the White House
Interviews in different states
7
A significant failure of the New Deal was that it
Did not build enough infrastructure
Was not supported by all citizens
was unable to end unemployment
Ran out of agencies to establish
8
Roosevelt did not enter office with a blueprint for dealing with the Depression.
False
True
9
During the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover believed that the government
Should build more public housing for the homeless
Had to create federal jobs for the unemployed
Didn’t have responsibility to give economic help to citizens
Should directly intervene in the economy
10
The Election of 1936 was between Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Frances Perkins Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Alfred M. Landon
Huey P. Long
11
Regarding jobs, minorities during the Great Depression
Faced increasing discrimination
Able to keep their low-skill jobs
Gained access to higher positions
Gained access to higher positions
12
What is the name given to the day that the stock market crashed?
D-Day
Black Thursday
Black Friday
Black Tuesday
13
Which of these men founded the “Share Our Wealth” plan?
Huey Long
Alf Landon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
14
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) would work with groups of
Bankers.
Farmers.
Indians.
Business leaders.
15
Hoover’s administration established a federally sponsored
Hundred Days
Bank to issue home loans.
Public works revolution
New legislation
16
The court-packing plan was the
Frances Perkins Wilson
beginning of the end of the New Deal
Most successful legislation passed
last act passed of the First New Deal
17
The Social Security Act included
Provide assistance to the elderly, blind, crippled, etc.
State unemployment insurance programs
All of the above
Old-age pension
18
Which one of these did NOT contribute to the cause of the Great Depression?
Unequal distribution of income
Crash of the stock market
The effects of the Dust Bowl
Economic crisis in rural farming areas
19
The Glass-Steagall Act established the
NRA
WPA
FIDC
AAA
20
In what year did President Roosevelt launch the Second New Deal?
1969
1945
1935
1930
21
What areas were affected by the Dust Bowl?
Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Colorado
None of the above
Oklahoma, Oregon, Colorado, California
Oklahoma, New Jersey, Texas, Wyoming

The Gr8 Depression and New Deal Flashcards | StudBud