History Exam Practice

This program, created in 1933, was designed to give unemployed Americans jobs on environmental projects such as planting trees and building roads and shelters.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Tariffs

Competitiveness with foreign countries

After he took office in 1933, President Roosevelt boosted confidence in the American public by explaining in clear, simple language his policies, through numerous _________________.

Fireside chat

The speaker of the above Passage B is most likely

Franklin Roosevelt

Which of the following most accurately depicts the philosophy of government of the speaker of Passage A?

He claimed that "rugged individualism" would lead people to succeed through their own efforts.

The speaker of above Passage A is most likely:

Herbert Hoover

Which of the following groups would most likely be in support the perspective of the cartoon?

Opponents of the New Deal

The Roosevelt Administration created this to address African American issues:

The Black Cabinet

These two acts were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Which of the following would be a likely New Deal response to the overproduction of goods that occurred before and during the Great Depression?

The federal government would create a planning agency, overseen by the government but with the input of business leaders, to better plan production goals.

In 1932, the Supreme Court overturned the convictions of the "Scottsboro boys."

True

In the year prior to its crash, the stock market had been soaring upward.

True

Largely as a result of the New Deal, the Democratic Party grew massively in size and power.]

True

Those blacks who migrated to northern cities during the Great Depression found conditions little better than in the South.

True

In 1933, two days after he took office, President Franklin Roosevelt

closed all banks for a short period.

In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans

left the United States entirely

The election of 1936

produced a new and enduring coalition of voters for the Democratic Party.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933

sought to raise crop prices by paying farmers not to plant.

The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 established

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

One long-term consequence of the New Deal was that

the national government assumed responsibility for the basic welfare of the people.

President Herbert Hoover responded to the onset of the Great Depression by

urging a program of voluntary cooperation from business leaders.

The "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s

was a product of changing environmental conditions.

Which of the following arguments would be used by the Roosevelt administration to refute (argue against) the point of view expressed in the cartoon?

Government expansion was necessary to deal with the problems created by the Great Depression

The argument that the government should spend heavily during a recession, which typically includes deficit spending, is known as the theory of:

Keynesian Economics

In the presidential election of 1932, the candidate that won the election most likely gave speeches that embodied the sentiments of

Passage B

FDR aimed at accomplishing 3 goals

Relief, Recovery, and Reform

During the Great Depression, "Hoovervilles" were

Shantytowns of unemployed and homeless people

Which of the following would be a likely New Deal response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression?

The federal government would disregard the costs and immediately begin the construction of major public works projects to provide jobs for the unemployed.

Which of the following would be a likely New Deal response to the massive poverty that occurred before and during the Great Depression?

The federal government would immediately begin a program of direct relief to the poor, including monthly payments to those without sufficient income, free food, and public housing to those who are homeless.

All the following factors contributed to the Great Depression EXCEPT

conservative banking policies that restricted the availability of loans.

In 1935, Senator Huey Long

had proposed a national wealth-sharing plan that involved heavily taxing the wealthiest Americans.