BJU American Republic Chapter 22
The year the stock market crashed was
1929
The Great Depression Did not bring about what?
A major religious revival
What act sought to raise farm prices by cutting production but was later struck down by the supreme court as unconstitutional
Agricultural adjustment act
Which condition of international finance was true in the late 1920s?
America was lending large sums of money to Germany
An effort to stabilize banking
Bank holiday
An episode of the stock market crash
Black Thursday
The group of college professors who advised Roosevelt are called the
Brain trust
Purchasing stock on credit
Buying on margin
"The soil soldiers"
Civilian conservation Corps
During his first term in office, Roosevelt received a large measure of support for his programs from
Congress
An attempt to overcome judicial opposition to the New Deal
Court-packing plan
A direct hand out
Dole
An area on the plains that suffered severe weathering and soil erosion
Dust bowl
Charles Coughlin shared his support of FDR on a nationwide radio broadcast
False
Huey Long was a retired doctor who designed a plan to help the elderly
False
The Smoot - Hawley tariff was the lowest tariff ever passed by the US Congress
False
The Wagner Act started the Social Security program
False
What state experienced a land sale boom during the 1920s?
Florida
The winner of the presidential election of 1932 was
Franklin Roosevelt
What sarcastic name was given to the shantytowns that appeared outside cities during the depression?
Hoovervilles
President Hoover believed in
Local responsibility for giving aid to the needy
Had a blue eagle "seal of approval" for businesses
National recovery administration
What disease left Roosevelt disabled?
Polio
What was not a part of the new deal?
Reconstruction finance Corporation
What condition did not prove harmful to farmers during the great depression?
Rural free delivery
What is the old-age insurance program instituted during the Roosevelt administration?
Social Security
When Roosevelt became president, he did not
Stir up the hostility of the press
Built dams to control flooding, prevent erosion, and provide recreational areas
Tennessee Valley Authority
What was the major government agency established during the Hoover administration to lend money to various businesses?
The Reconstruction finance Corporation
World war I veterans who demanded a promised future bonus immediately
The bonus army
Which program was intended to eliminate "wasteful competition" in business but was later declared unconstitutional?
The national recovery administration
What was Roosevelts policy that promised to relieve the depression?
The new deal
Although Roosevelt's programs were daring and controversial, leading critics strongly urged the government to spend more and to gain more control over the economy
True
Both liberals and conservatives criticized Roosevelt
True
Not only construction and conservation workers but also actors and writers obtain jobs in new deal programs
True
Roosevelt said in his first inaugural address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
True
Roosevelt's plan to add new justices to the Supreme Court was recognized as a threat to the balance of power among the three branches of the federal government
True
The dust bowl was a result of overgrazing, cultivation, and drought
True
An early technique Roosevelt used to communicate with the people of the nation was his
fireside chats
A business slump
recession