Chapter 23-Great Depression & New Deal

Question 1

What public works project was “too little, too late” started by Herbert Hoover in 1932?

Answer 1

Hoover Dam

Question 2

What ecological disaster struck the nation’s mid-section during the 1930s?

Answer 2

Dust Bowl

Question 3

Which state, dominated by the coal mine industry, was devastated by the collapse of that industry during the Great Depression?

Answer 3

West Virginia

Question 4

Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 but was defeated by Herbert Hoover?

Answer 4

Al Smith, from New York City and a Catholic

Question 5

How was Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt related?

Answer 5

Distant cousins, though Eleanor Roosevelt was Teddy’s niece.

Question 6

What disease did Franklin Roosevelt have to deal with as president?

Answer 6

polio

Question 7

Franklin Roosevelt was an experienced politician, serving in the ______ administration as a progressive and Secretary of the Navy.

Answer 7

Woodrow Wilson’s Administration

Question 8

How did Hoover and FDR cooperate during the winter of 1932-1933?

Answer 8

No cooperation after the election until March 1933 when FDR becomes president…The Depression was Hoover’s fault says FDR!!!

Question 9

What did FDR proclaim during his first hours as president to calm peoples fears?

Answer 9

A Bank Holiday to save from bank runs leading to panic.

Question 10

What is commonly called the 15 big laws passed during FDR’s __________ providing nationwide relief in 1933?

Answer 10

FDR’s Hundred Days

Question 11

FDR uses _______ to speak directly to the American people to calm and inform them of his plans to ease the suffering of the Great Depression.

Answer 11

Fireside Chats on the radio

Question 12

What is FDR’s economic plan called to solve the Great Depression?

Answer 12

New Deal

Question 13

This was a Relief programs for artists, musicians, and writers.

Answer 13

WPA

Question 14

Who led the controversial make work program called the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

Answer 14

Harry Hopkins

Question 15

What was the law passed and the administration created that used the “Blue Eagle” as a national symbol for industry and labor working together to solve the Great Depression

Answer 15

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Question 16

The relief program provided direct government construction jobs.

Answer 16

Public Works Administration (PWA)

Question 17

He was in charge of the Public Works Administration (PWA)

Answer 17

Harold Ickes

Question 18

This relief agency loaned money for government projects at an incredible speed to jump start the economy.

Answer 18

Federal Emergency Recovery Administration (FERA)

Question 19

Who was charged to lead the Federal Emergency Recovery Administration (FERA)?

Answer 19

Harry Hopkins

Question 20

This relief agency was to provide jobs for environmental protection projects.

Answer 20

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 21

This restructuring administration would investigate problems in the stock market.

Answer 21

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Question 22

This restructuring agency was tasked with building many dams to produce electricity.

Answer 22

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Question 23

This restructuring agency protected workers’ rights to a 40 hour work week and child labor.

Answer 23

Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 24

This reform agency was created to provide pensions for retirees and the disabled people.

Answer 24

Social Security Administration

Question 25

This reform agency was created to protect bank savings accounts from defaulting banks.

Answer 25

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Question 26

FDR eliminated the Gold Standard and placed the economy into a government _______ spending plan endorsed by _________ economics

Answer 26

deficit spending endorsed by Maynard Keynes, an British Economist

Question 27

The reform law guaranteed workers rights to organize unions.

Answer 27

Wagner Act

Question 28

She was the first woman cabinet member

Answer 28

Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins

Question 29

He was a proponent of “Share Our Wealth Societies” and seen as a dominant power in Louisiana with presidential ambitions as the depression continued on and on.

Answer 29

Senator Huey P. Long

Question 30

The Supreme Court’s ________ decision, (aka “Sick Chicken Decision) destroyed the NIRA and NRA and eventually led to the _________

Answer 30

Schechter Decision led to the 2nd New Deal, a more radical program of Relief, Restructure, and Reform

Question 31

This was a very conservative Republican organization opposed to FDR’s New Deal Programs

Answer 31

American Liberty League

Question 32

This Roosevelt plan forces the judges on the Supreme Court to moderate and become more liberal minded but also demonstrates the increasingly dictatorial power of FDR.

Answer 32

FDR’s Court Packing Plan…not accepted by the Congress

Question 33

Lasting results of the Great Depression and Federal power was

Answer 33

increased Federal Control over the economy even to modern day