Chapter 15 (The Americans) 2014

Question 1

What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?

a. He called the first meeting of the “Brain Trust”
b. He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court
c. He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered inspections
d. He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief

Answer 1

c. He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered inspections

Question 2

Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet?

a. Arlene Francis
b. Frances Perkins
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Mary McLeod Bethune

Answer 2

d. Mary McLeod Bethume

Question 3

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
a. regulate the stock market
b deregulate the nation's banking system
c. decrease process of farm goods
d. increase crop production

Answer 3

a. regulate the stock market

Question 4

Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?

a. Social Security act
b. Fair Labor Standards Act
c. National Labor Relations Act
d. Works Progress Administration

Answer 4

d. Works Progress Administration

Question 5

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment act?

a. to increase farm production
b. to raise process of farm products
c. to provide pensions tor retired farmers
d. to encourage more people to enter farming

Answer 5

b. to raise prices of farm products

Question 6

Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court

a. Wagner Act
b. Social security act
c. Emergency Banking Relief Act
d. National Industrial Recovery act

Answer 6

d. National Industrial Recovery Act

Question 7

What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration

a. She served as a cabinet member
b. She focused on being an excellent hostess
c. She was an important advisor on foreign policy
d. She was an important advisor on domestic policy

Answer 7

d. She was an important advisor on domestic policy.

Question 8

Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt’s first term as president

a. tariff rates
b. employment rates
c. the national debt
d. per capita income

Answer 8

c. the national debt

Question 9

Which of the following of Roosevelt’s ideas failed to become a law?

a. federally supported loans for housing
b. the reorganization of the Supreme Court
c. the establishment of regional planning authorities
d. the creation of a federally supported pension program

Answer 9

b. the reorganization of the supreme Court

Question 10

Who wrote the novel “The Grapes of Wrath” about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression?

a. Grant Wood
b. John Steinbeck
c. Richard Wright
d. Dorthea Lange

Answer 10

b. John Steinbeck

Question 11

This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings

Answer 11

Federal Securities Act

Question 12

This was created to reform and to restore confidence in, the stock market by providing a means to monitor the market and to enforce laws regarding the sales of stocks and bonds.

Answer 12

Securities and Exchange commission

Question 13

This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under 16 years of age

Answer 13

Fair Labor Standards act

Question 14

This rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region

Answer 14

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 15

This protected the right of workers to join unions and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees

Answer 15

Wagner Act

Question 16

This provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal loans to solid banks

Answer 16

Emergency relief act

Question 17

This provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children, and the needy elderly

Answer 17

Social Security Act

Question 18

This put Hundreds of thousands of single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil erosion and flood-control projects.

Answer 18

CCC Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 19

Created through the Glass-Steagall banking Act of 1933, this originally protected u tp $5000 of an individual

Answer 19

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Question 20

This addressed the problems of unemployment and poverty by creating jobs that ranged from the construction of airports and libraries to the sewing of clothing for the needy.

Answer 20

Works Progress Commission

Question 21

_______ were LEAST likely to be a part of the New Deal Coalition

a. Rural Democrats
b. African Americans
c. Southern Republicans
d. Unionized industrial workers

Answer 21

c. Southern Republicans

Question 22

By decreasing farm supplies, New Deal policies helped to_______

a. lower the cost of food
b. increase the food supply
c. raise the price of farm goods

Answer 22

c. raise the price of farm goods

Question 23

________ claimed the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called share out wealth

a. Huey Long
b. Francis townsend
c. John L. Lewis
d. Charles Coughlin

Answer 23

a. Huey Long

Question 24

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was most helpful to________

a. farmers in isolated rural areas
b. the unemployed, the aged, and the ill
c. politicians and business owners
d. mass-production industrial workers

Answer 24

b. the unemployed, the aged, and the ill

Question 25

The American public perceived many characteristics in President Roosevelt, but _______ was a probably not one of them

a. compassion
b. determination
c. self-confidence
d. economic conservation

Answer 25

d. economic conservation

Question 26

_____ used music to express the hardships of American life during the Depression

a. Woody Guthrie
b. Grant Wood
c. Diego Rivera
d. Richard Wright

Answer 26

a. Woody Guthrie

Question 27

______ helped organize the “Black Cabinet” a group of influential African Americans who advised the Roosevelt administration on racial issues

a. Dorothea Lange
b. Mary Mcleod Bethune
c. Frances Perkins
d. Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 27

b. Mary Mcleod Bethune

Question 28

The Supreme court ruled that the______was unconstitutional on the grounds that its provisions were local natters and should be regulated.

a. Federal Securities act
b. Fair Labor Standards Act
c. Wagner Act
d. Agricultural Adjustment act

Answer 28

a. Federal Securities Act

Question 29

Of the following New Deal policies,_____had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy.

a. Social Security Act
b. Civilian Conservation Corps
c. Tennessee Valley Authority
d. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Answer 29

a. Social Security Act

Question 30

The______ reflected President Roosevelt’s concern for the natural environment

a. Civil Works Administration
b. National Youth Administration
c. Civil Conservation Corps
d. Works Progress administration

Answer 30

c. Civil Conservation Corps