Deck 19: A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Question 1

The Golden Gate Bridge,the Grand Coulee Dam,and the Boulder Dam are among the structures built under the purview of what New Deal program? ​

A)Civilian Conservation Corps
B)National Recovery Administration
C)​Public Works Administration
D)​Works Progress Administration

Answer 1

​Public Works Administration

Question 2

Who was the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 1936 election? ​

A)Herbert Hoover
B)Alfred M.Landon
C)​Huey P.Long
D)​Robert Wagner

Answer 2

Alfred M.Landon

Question 3

By 1931,the number of Americans who were unemployed had soared to ​

A)1 million.
B)2 million.
C)​8 million.
D)​20 million.

Answer 3

​8 million.

Question 4

Who led the Bonus March on Washington in the summer of 1932? ​

A)farmers who wanted a government bonus for allowing land to lay fallow
B)young people who lobbied for free public land after their term of service ended
C)​World War I veterans who lobbied for cash advances on their veterans' bonuses
D)​trade unionists who demanded the government force industrialists to pay bonuses stipulated in union contracts

Question 5

Which action did President Hoover take to remedy the depression following the 1929 stock market crash? ​

A)He initiated a massive public works program.
B)He set up presidential committees to coordinate volunteer relief efforts. 
C)​He proposed legislation to have the government underwrite failed banks.
D)​He discouraged the Federal Reserve System from allowing businesses to borrow.

Question 6

What proposal did Roosevelt withdraw after encountering significant opposition from the American public? ​

A)his decision to run for a fourth term.
B)his suggestion to end Social Security.
C)​his recommendation to nationalize the banks.
D)​his plan to increase the size of the Supreme Court.

Question 7

Which of the following men was not a critic of the New Deal? ​

A)Father Charles Edward Coughlin
B)Harry Hopkins
C)​Huey Long
D)​Francis E.Townsend

Question 8

President Roosevelt's response to the banking crisis included all of the following except ​

A)declaring a national bank holiday.
B)proposing an emergency banking act.
C)​assuming government ownership of the banks.
D)​reassuring Americans about entrusting their money to banks.

Question 9

Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act,the federal government paid subsidies to farmers who agreed to ​

A)reduce their crop production.
B)increase their farm production.
C)​hire unemployed migrant workers.
D)​donate surpluses to the unemployed.

Question 10

What New Deal program,aimed at creating "jobs,jobs,jobs," employed 25 percent of the nation's work force at its height? ​

A)Civilian Conservation Corps
B)Federal Emergency Relief Administration
C)​Public Works Administration
D)​Works Progress Administration

Question 11

Who proposed an Old Age Revolving Pensions Limited plan,which would provide a government pension of $200 monthly for everyone over sixty years of age? ​

A)Charles Coughlin
B)Herbert Hoover
C)​Huey Long
D)​Frances E.Townsend

Question 12

Which group of farmers was helped most by the Agricultural Adjustment Act? ​

A)large landowners
B)migrant workers
C)​sharecroppers
D)​tenant farmers

Question 13

What was considered Franklin D.Roosevelt's greatest political liability? ​

A)his inferior education
B)his physical disability 
C)​his lack of political experience 
D)​his connections to the Communist Party

Question 14

Why did veterans march on Washington in 1932? ​

A)to demand compensation for war-related injuries 
B)to request that veterans be considered first for jobs created by federal government
C)to encourage research into post-traumatic stress syndrome and other mental and emotional illnesses from which veterans suffered
D)​to show support for a bill that would allow veterans to borrow against a bonus that had been promised to them by the government

Question 15

Which statement regarding the Bonus March of 1932 is true? ​

A)Federal troops moved to disperse the bonus marchers with tanks,machine guns,and tear gas. 
B)Veterans camped in makeshift dwellings received food and other assistance from the Hoover administration.
C)​Veterans who occupied government buildings were forcibly ousted them,resulting in the loss of two dozen lives.
D)​President Hoover and others in his administration joined the marchers for a photo op to garner support for the government. 

Question 16

What did the 1932 Norris-LaGuardia Act do? ​

A)reduce taxes on corporates and estates
B)grant workers freedom of association in unions
C)​provide states with matching funds for unemployment relief
D)​fund the construction and renovation of transportation facilities

Question 17

The programs President Roosevelt launched in his first hundred days in office became known by what name? ​

A)the Fair Deal
B)the Good Deal
C)​the New Deal
D)​the Square Deal

Question 18

What group wooed African American support by defending the Scottsboro boys,teens who had been wrongly accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931? ​

A)the Civilian Conservation Corps
B)the Communist Party 
C)​the Democratic Party 
D)​the Ku Klux Klan

Question 19

What strategy was pioneered by autoworkers at a General Motors plant in Flint,Michigan? ​

A)picket line
B)strikebreaking
C)​sit-down strike
D)​walkout

Question 20

What was the goal of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)? ​

A)to help public schools stay open
B)to help states aid the unemployed
C)​to help banks protect their deposits 
D)​to help farmers hurt by the Dust Bowl

Question 21

How did Congress respond to German and Italian aggression in the mid-1930s? ​

A)It issued a declaration of war.
B)It passed two Neutrality Acts.
C)​It proclaimed support for its allies.
D)​It called for an emergency summit of world leaders.

Question 22

Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff over President Hoover's veto.​

Question 23

Record high temperatures and low rainfall led to the Dust Bowl,which contributed to the woes of Great Plains farmers during the Great Depression.​

Question 24

Franklin Roosevelt initiated a series of conversations with the American public that became known as "fireside chats." ​

Question 25

Huey Long was a Louisiana senator who proposed an agenda to redistribute income to "make every man a king." ​

Question 26

Who was Jesse Owens? ​

A)an African American track star 
B)an African American radio comedian
C)​the first African American baseball player 
D)​the first African American Oscar winner

Question 27

One of President Roosevelt's first foreign policy initiatives was to ​

A)call for an embargo of the Japanese islands
B)extend formal recognition to the Soviet Union
C)​sign a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and France
D)​issue economic sanctions against the Germans and Hitler

Question 28

Upon taking office President Roosevelt declared a national bank holiday to allow the federal government to inspect the banks and only allowed those considered solvent to reopen.​

Question 29

What country invaded Manchuria in 1931? ​

A)France
B)Korea
C)​Japan
D)​Russia

Question 30

Almost three million people abandoned their farms in Oklahoma,Kansas,and South Dakota during the Dust Bowl. ​

Question 31

As Secretary of the Interior,Harold Ickes oversaw the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration.​

Question 32

Immediately after his inauguration,Franklin D.Roosevelt called Congress into a special session to nationalize the banks.​

Question 33

Who were the title characters of Amos 'n' Andy,the Depression era's most popular radio program? ​

A)African American men living in Harlem 
B)Mexican Americans threatened with deportation 
C)​migrant workers traveling among California farms
D)​farmers who lived in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl 

Question 34

What was the most popular pastime during the Great Depression? ​

A)watching television.
B)going to the movies.
C)​taking a leisurely drive.
D)​attending baseball games.

Question 35

The programs of the Tennessee Valley Authority targeted America's poorest region for relief. ​

Question 36

Britain and France ceded what territory to Germany in return for Adolph Hitler's promise not to take any more territory? ​

A)Austria
B)the Crimea
C)​Hungary
D)​Sudentenland
E)​Switzerland

Question 37

What was the effect of the Fair Labor Standards Act? ​

A)It ensured equal pay for men and women.
B)It established a minimum wage and maximum workweek.
C)​It negotiated a truce between industry and striking workers.
D)​It provided employment opportunities to African Americans.

Question 38

​The Revenue Act of 1932 was designed to raise money through tariffs.

Question 39

African Americans began to shift from support of the Republican Party toward the Democratic Party for all of the following reasons except ​

A)African Americans benefited from New Deal jobs and assistance.
B)The Democratic Congress pushed through the first major civil rights bill since Reconstruction.
C)​Roosevelt hired a prominent African American to advise the White House on minority issues.
D)​African Americans admired Eleanor Roosevelt,who demonstrated support for African Americans and minority rights.

Question 40

What were Hoovervilles? ​

A)shantytowns built by homeless Americans
B)temporary camps built by the Bonus Army
C)​housing provided by the federal government
D)​inexpensive cars introduced by Ford Motor Company

Question 41

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution after the organization refused to allow Marian Anderson to sing at Constitution Hall because she was black.​

Question 42

The Supreme Court became more liberal as President Roosevelt replaced justices who retired with his own choices. ​

Question 43

The 1935 Wagner Act created the National Labor Relations Board and protected collective bargaining and other rights of workers ​

Question 44

President Roosevelt embraced isolationist ideals that the United States should refrain from all agreements with European nations.​

Question 45

The popularity of radio suffered during the tough economic times of the Depression.​

Question 46

Many Americans escaped from their problems during the Great Depression by going to the movies.​

Question 47

In September 1931,the Japanese displayed their imperialistic stance by invading the Philippines.​

Question 48

In 1934,Fulgencia Batista overthrew the U.S.-backed regime to take over control of Cuba.​

Question 49

The American Liberty League was organized by conservative business leaders to counter what they viewed as the New Deal's radicalism.​

Question 50

The unemployment rate for African Americans during the Depression was as high as 50 percent,higher than for white Americans.​