Depression/New Deal APUSH

The unemployment rate reached a record high in 1933. What percentage of Americans were out of work?

25%

All of these are long-term reform measures except

CCC

The effectiveness of the New Deal in ending the Great Depression is difficult to measure because

US involvement in World War II rapidly accelerated economic growth

The Civilian Conservation Corps

all of the above

What happened to consumer expenditures during the Great Depression?

decreased

Eleanor Roosevelt had honed her own skills and developed a personal network of reform activists through

her experience in settlement houses and women's reform organizations.

Eleanor Roosevelt expressed independence from President Franklin Roosevelt and his advisers in her

opposition to racial discrimination

All of the following were causes of the Great Depression except

overemployment and underproduction

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by

reducing agricultural production.

Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana gained a large national following by promising to

share our wealth" by raising taxes on the rich and giving every family $5,000.

Which of the following describes Deficit Spending?

spending more than you have and taxing later to make up the difference

After Franklin Roosevelt's failed attempt to pack the Supreme Court

the Court began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional.

President Roosevelt's Court-packing scheme in 1937 reflected his desire to ensure that the Supreme Court

upheld the constitutionality of legally challenged New Deal programs.

The "Bonus Army" describes

war veterans who did not receive their pay and protested at the White House

Due to the terrible disease polio, FDR

was paralyzed from the waist down

The excerpt suggests that Eleanor Roosevelt knew that her positions could most harm her husband's standing with which of the following groups?

white ethnic groups

Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to

California

The highest tariff in US history, passed in 1930 was the

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Which of the statements below best describes the difference between Herbert Hoover and FDR?

Hoover believed in laissez faire while FDR was willing to experiment with new ideas of deficit spending

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

It established price ceilings on many products.

Which of the following was designed to provide long term "job security" for workers?

National Labor Relations Act

Which of the following most directly addressed "security for capitalists?"

Security and Exchange Commission

The first welfare program in American history was

Social Security

By putting thousands of people immediately to work at good-paying jobs and providing access to low-cost electricity to a region lacking cheap electrical power, the _____ proved to be immensely popular among those Americans it served.

Tennessee Valley Authority

The "Dust Bowl" refers to

a severe drought that hit the mid-west during the 1930s

Which of the following was true of FDR's New Deal during the 1930s?

all of these are true

Immediately after taking office, President Roosevelt responded to the banking crisis by

closing all American banks for a week, while reorganizing them on a sounder basis.

Which of the following best describes the US business cycle from 1929 to 1940?

crash into depression; slow expansion; slight recession; slow expansion

President Herbert Hoover refused to give this because he felt it would destroy a person's will to work:

direct welfare to the people of the USA

President Hoover took all of the following measures to combat the Great Depression except

expanded the public works program

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by

experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.

All of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s except

farmers' failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment.

The phrase Hundred Days refers to the

flood of legislation passed by Congress in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency.

The election of Franklin Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to

have government take a more active role in solving economic problems

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933

he received unprecedented congressional support.

Roosevelt supported the repeal of prohibition because

he thought that it afforded the opportunity to raise needed federal revenue and provide jobs.

FDR's vast popularity can be seen in the fact that

he was elected President four times

Which of the following best describes an Installment Plan?

making a down payment and paying the rest of the price in monthly payments

Which of the following best describes buying stock "On Margin?"

only paying a percentage of the actual stock value

The most immediate emergency facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president in March 1933 was

the collapse of nearly the entire banking system.