Roosevelt's Hundred Days

How did the New Deal policy of loaning money to farmers help create higher prices for farm goods?

It permitted farmers to produce fewer farm goods, thus raising prices.

Which issue that arose under Hoover helped Roosevelt into the White House in 1932?

a high unemployment rate

Which groups did Franklin Roosevelt specifically help during his first Hundred Days in office?

farmers and the unemployed

Which was a New Deal program instituted by Franklin Roosevelt?

federal relief for the unemployed

President Franklin Roosevelt declared a five-day "bank holiday" to

give the government time to verify that banks were strong.

Before running for president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt

had been governor of the state of New York.

Franklin Roosevelt's approach to economic reform threatened which of the following?

laissez-faire capitalism

When Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, the country was

mired in the Great Depression.

Franklin Roosevelt's attempts to change the role of government were somewhat restricted by

the Supreme Court.

Why did Franklin Roosevelt launch new programs during his first hundred days in office?

to help people immediately and provide them with jobs