What problems did FDR have with the Supreme Court?

Court said that many New Deal programs were unconstitutional

Businesses were hurt by the stock market crash because they

lost their savings in failed banks

A group called the _______. organized workers into unions based on industry, not skill level

Congress of Industrial Organization

Emergency Relief Banking Act made people have faith in banks because_______

allowed only healthy banks to remain open

Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 election mainly because Americans______

lost confidence in him or blamed him for the Depression

The TVA is significant because it hired people to

build dams and generators that provided electricity

Which of the following is a lasting effect of the New Deal?

protection of savings of bank customers

Critics who thought the New Deal went too far claimed____________

new laws gave president too much power

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1
FDR tried to pass an act that would allow him to appoint 6new Supreme Court justice immediately
True
False
2
What problems did FDR have with the Supreme Court?
Court wouldn't give FDR enough funding for New Deal programs
wasn't given a chance to nominate new Supreme Court justices
He accused Supreme Court of causing the stock market crash
Court said that many New Deal programs were unconstitutional
3
____ was an African-American educator appointed by FDR
Frances Perkins
Mary McCleod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
Woody Guthrie
4
Businesses were hurt by the stock market crash because they
had no workers to make their products
lost their savings in failed banks
cut back production but could not fire workers
had lent money to foreign countries and were not paid back
5
Eleanor Roosevelt convinced her husband to create the National Youth Association
False
True
6
He authorized $1 billion in aid to banks but refused direct assistance to individual Americans
FDR
Frances Perkins
Herbert Hoover
Mary McCleod Bethune
7
People who could not afford to buy stocks at full price began______
buying on margin
pawning items from home
paying back loans
increasing their mortgages
8
A group called the _______. organized workers into unions based on industry, not skill level
National Youth Administration
Works Progress Administration
Congress of Industrial Organization
Tennessee Valley Authority
9
Which of the following best describes Black Tuesday?
Hoover lost the election
half a million workers lost their jobs
over 2, 00 banks closed
The stock market crashed
10
Emergency Relief Banking Act made people have faith in banks because_______
people had right to withdraw all their money without penalty
gave government $1billion to pay back people who lost money
allowed only healthy banks to remain open
required government to pay back customers failed banks
11
Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 election mainly because Americans______
lost confidence in him or blamed him for the Depression
thought he would raise taxes
thought he would spend too much government money
worried about his priority on foreign policy
12
Grass and trees were planted in the Dust Bowl to try to stop_______
tornadoes
bulldozers
soil erosion
solar power
13
______ wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Frances Perkins
Woody Guthrie
Eleanor Roosevelt
14
The Second New Deal happened when the Supreme Court struck down programs of the FIRST New Deal
False
True
15
The TVA is significant because it hired people to
build dams and generators that provided electricity
work on farms to help stabilize agriculture
deliver food to the poverty -stricken Dust Bowl residents
work in the automobile industry to increase mass production
16
Which of the following is a lasting effect of the New Deal?
workplace safety
all presidents can only serve two terms
clean air and water
protection of savings of bank customers
17
Woody Guthrie's lively upbeat songs offered Americans an escape from the Great Depression
FALSE
TRUE
18
Critics who thought the New Deal went too far claimed____________
new laws gave president too much power
government should nationalize wealth and resources
programs were too costly and would bankrupt government
enormous expansion of government was close to communism
19
Which group suffered the most in the Dust Bowl?
scientists
unskilled laborers
farmers
industrial workers
20
One cause of the Great Depression was the _________ goods
increased taxes on
over production of

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