What was the first action undertaken by Roosevelt upon taking office?

A banking holiday to restore trust in banks

Which of the following behaviors DID NOT contribute to the Great Depression?

Banks not providing enough loans during the 1920s

The Works Progress Administration did all of the following EXCEPT

Provided loans to businesses to hire workers

The National Recovery Administration did all of the following EXCEPT

Overturns rules that banned child labor

Social Security is created to give income to those who are retired and...

Those who are disabled and cannot work

The New Deal ultimately had which of the following effects?

Increased power of the gov't to help solve the G.D.

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US History - Topic 11 Great Depression & New Deal

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1
What was the first action undertaken by Roosevelt upon taking office?
Construction of the Hoover Dam
Creation of the CCC
Founding the Securities and Exchange Commission
A banking holiday to restore trust in banks
2
What was President Hoover's response to the "Great Depression?"
"Rugged Individualism"
Initiation of the Bonus Army
Construction of "Hoovervilles"
Creation of soup kitchens
3
Which of the following behaviors DID NOT contribute to the Great Depression?
People buying too many goods on credit
Banks not providing enough loans during the 1920s
People using loans to buy up stocks
Tariffs lowered overseas trade
4
The Works Progress Administration did all of the following EXCEPT
Provided loans to businesses to hire workers
Hire artists to create murals and music
Build housing, such as Liberty Square in Liberty City, FL
Built schools, hospitals, and airports
5
Which of the following was related to providing relief for the unemployed?
AAA
FDIC
PWA
SEC
6
The National Recovery Administration did all of the following EXCEPT
Reduced work week to 40 hours
Overturns rules that banned child labor
Makes National Labor Relations Board to solve labor disputes
Establishes a minimum wage
7
What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to solve the Great Depression called?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
New Deal
Laissez Faire
8
Other than Japanese internment, this was considered the major failing of FDR's Presidency
Agricultural Adjustment Act
"Packing the Court" Strategy
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
9
Social Security is created to give income to those who are retired and...
Those who are simply unemployed
Those who are able to work and are underpaid
Those who are disabled and cannot work
Those who are able to contribute to Social Security
10
The New Deal ultimately had which of the following effects?
Lowering the debt and taxes of the average American
Did nothing to solve the problems of the Great Depression
Increased power of the gov't to help solve the G.D.
It alone solved the Great Depression

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