Quiz Ch 14, 15

How does Hoover finally take action

1) Backs cooperatives - Federal Farm Board and National Credit Cooperation 2) Direct Intervention - of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act 3) Reconstruction Finance Corp

Which of the following is the main purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)?

Agency established in 1932 to provide emergency relief to large businesses, insurance companies, and banks.

The Glass-Steagall Act established the

c. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Which of the following became the first female cabinet member as Secretary of Labor?

c. Frances Perkins

What was the first major action that FDR took as president?

c. He closed all the nations banks and ordered inspections.

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

c. regulate the stock market

Early on, many economists thought the best way to battle the Depression was to

let the economy fix itself.

Congress passed the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to lower mortgage rates for home owners and allow farmers to refinance their homes. t or f

t

During the Depression, charitable organizations tried to help the urban poor by opening soup kitchens. t or f

t

During the Depression. many children suffered from diet-related diseases. t or f

t

Mexican Americans, most of whom worked as farm laborers, tended to support the New Deal. t or f

t

One action taken by the Civilian Conservation Corps was to 3 billion to help reforest American to prevent another Dust Bowl. t or f

t

The period of intense economic activity in which Congress passed numerous New Deal measures was known as the Hundred Days. t or f

t

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

thick layers of prairie grasses

The Patman Bill called for an immediate bonus payment to

World War I veterans.

One Hoover initiated project that provided many jobs and aided California's growing agricultural economy was construction of the

Boulder Dam.

Due largely to voter frustration with Hoover, the congressional elections of 1930 were a victory for the

Democratic Party.

Which of the following is not the economic situation in 1930?

People were forced to leave the cities and become sharecroppers

"I will propose to Congress a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform."

a. President Roosevelt

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

a. high unemployment

One of the main bargaining tactics of the labor movement in the 1930s was the

a. sit-down strike.

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

a. to raise prices of farm products

" believe in a limited role for government and worry that excessive federal intervention poses a threat to capitalism and individualism. I feel that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis."

b. President Hoover

Roosevelt did not do more to promote civil rights out of fear of upsetting

b. Southern Democrats.

The novel that depicts the arduous journey of Oklahoma farmers fleeing the Dust Bowl

b. The Grapes of Wrath

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to ______.

b. raise the price of farm goods.

What was Hoover's initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?

by asking businesses not to lay off employees

Herbert Hoover believed that most of the help for the needy should come from

charities.

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

d. National Labor Relations Act

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

d. Works Progress Administration

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was most helpful to ______.

d. the unemployed, the aged, and the ill.

How did the economy respond to Hoover's 1930 efforts to help it?

deteriorated

Which of the following describes a government system for giving payments or food to the poor?

direct relief

In calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people conveyed their

disgust with Hoover.

President Herbert Hoover supported direct reilief. t or f

f (he believed that the government should do nothing and ride it out and charities should step in, not the government)

The Shasta Dam, now called Hoover Dam, became the world's tallest and second largest dam, providing the region with electricity, flood control, and a regular water supply. t or f

f (originally called the Boulder Dam)

What was the name given to men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?

hoboes

What was Hoover's philosophy of government at the beginning of the Great Depression?

voluntary cooperation. (asked businesses to not fire people, but all measures were voluntary)