Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What
was the first major action Roosevelt took as president? a. | He called the first meeting of the
“brain trust.” | c. | He closed all of
the nation’s banks and ordered inspections. | b. | He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme
Court. | d. | He established the Civil Works Administration
to provide job relief | | | | |
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2.
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Who
was the first woman to serve on the cabinet? a. | Arlene Francis | c. | Eleanor Roosevelt | b. | Frances
Perkins | d. | Mary McLeod Bethune | | | | |
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Which
of the following was a goal of the New Deal? a. | increasing consumer purchasing
power | c. | decreasing prices of farm
goods | b. | increasing industrial and farm
surpluses | d. | decreasing government regulation of
business | | | | |
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4.
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Which
of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to
work? a. | Social Security
Act | c. | National Labor Relations
Act | b. | Fair Labor
Standards Act | d. | Works Progress
Administration | | | | |
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Which
of the following was a main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)? a. | to increase farm
production | c. | to provide pensions for retired
farmers | b. | to raise prices of farm
products | d. | to encourage more people to enter
farming | | | | |
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Which
of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court? a. | Wagner
Act | c. | Emergency Banking Relief
Act | b. | Social Security
Act | d. | National Industrial Recovery
Act | | | | |
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All of
the following were part of the New Deal Coalition except a. | rural
Democrats | c. | Southern
Republicans | b. | African Americans | d. | unionized industrial workers | | | | |
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Which
of the following New Deal programs was designed not simply to promote recovery from the Depression
but to actually reform the economy? a. | Social Security Act | c. | Works Progress Administration | b. | Civilian Conservation
Corps | d. | Federal Emergency Relief
Administration | | | | |
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9.
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Who
wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl
during the Depression? a. | Grant Wood | c. | Richard Wright | b. | John
Steinbeck | d. | Pedro J.
González | | | | |
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The
New Deal attempted to increase all of the following except a. | prices of farm
goods | c. | industrial and farm
surpluses | b. | consumer purchasing power | d. | government regulation of
business | | | | |
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What
role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration? a. | She served as a cabinet
member | c. | She was an important adviser on foreign
policy | b. | She focused on being an excellent
hostess | d. | She was an important adviser on domestic
policy | | | | |
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12.
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Which
of the following was directly responsible for creating new jobs
and putting
people to work? a. | Wagner
Act | c. | Civilian Conservation
Corps | b. | Social Security Act | d. | Agricultural Adjustment Act | | | | |
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In
general, the public perceived all of the following characteristics in
Roosevelt
except a. | compassion | c. | communication
skills | b. | self-confidence | d. | economic conservatism | | | | |
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Which
of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court? a. | Federal
Securities Act | c. | Glass-Steagall Banking Act of
1933 | b. | National
Industrial Recovery Act | d. | Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act | | | | |
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All of
the following were passed during Roosevelt’s first term as president except for
the a. | Social Security
Act | c. | Emergency Banking Relief
Act | b. | Agricultural
Adjustment Act | d. | National Industrial Recovery
Act. | | | | |
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Which
of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt’s first term
as
president? a. | tariff
rates | c. | the national debt | b. | employment | d. | per capita income | | | | |
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Which
of the following of Roosevelt’s ideas failed to become law? a. | federally supported loans for
housing | c. | the establishment of regional planning
authorities | b. | the reorganization of the Supreme
Court | d. | the establishment of a federally supported
pension program | | | | |
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Which
of the following claimed that the New Deal policies failed to adequately help the common person and
proposed a social program called “Share Our Wealth”? a. | Huey Long | c. | John L. Lewis | b. | John Collier | d. | Alfred Landon | | | | |
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Matching
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a. | Wagner Act | d. | Civilian Conservation Corps | b. | Social Security
Act | e. | Tennessee Valley
Authority | c. | Federal Securities Act | f. | Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation | | | | |
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This
required corporations to provide complete, truthful information
on all stock
offerings
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20.
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This
rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region
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21.
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Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, this
originally
protected up to $5,000 of an individual’s deposits
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22.
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This
provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and
aided people with
disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children,
and the needy
elderly
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23.
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This
put hundreds of thousands of young single men to work building
roads, developing
parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion
and flood-control
projects
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24.
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This
listed unfair labor practices and established the National Labor
Relations Board
to settle disputes between employers and employees.
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