UNIT 3: Roosevelt’s Hundred Days Flashcards
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
During his campaign for president in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt promised to
Reverse many of the policies of Herbert Hoover
Read the quote from Franklin Roosevelt speech accepting the Democrat nomination for president.
Out of every crisis, every tribulation, every disaster, mankind rises with some share of greater knowledge, of higher decency, of pure purpose.
Which best explains what Roosevelt is promising the nation?
That he will lead the nation out of its current state and help America grow stronger
During Franklin Roosevelt 1932 presidential campaign, Roosevelt proposed a set of reforms called
The new deal
when Franklin D Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, the country was
Mired in the great depression
Franklin Roosevelt’s new deal programs gave the government a more active role in
Creating jobs
Franklin Roosevelt approach to economic reform threatened, which of the following?
laissez faire capitalism
which best summarizes the intent of Franklin Roosevelt’s hundred days legislation and programs?
To provide Americans with relief
Before running for president in 1932, Franklin D Roosevelt
Had been governor of the state of New York
why did Franklin Roosevelt launch new programs during his first hundred days in office?
To help people immediately and provide them with jobs
which issue that arose under Hoover helped Roosevelt into the White House in 1932?
A high unemployment rate
President Franklin Roosevelt declared a five day bank holiday to
give the government time to verify that banks were strong
Franklin Roosevelt’s attempts to change the role of government where somewhat restricted by
The Supreme Court
Which best describes the public/private partnerships created under Roosevelt’s new deal reforms?
The government hired companies to provide public goods and services
which groups did Franklin Roosevelt specifically help during his first hundred days in office?
Farmers and the unemployed
