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.
