Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not
be used at all. Some may be used more than once.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Federal Emergency Relief Adm
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
A. Emergency Banking Relief Avt
B. National Industrial Recovery Act
C. Federal Securities Act
____ 1. This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring
public confidence in the banking system.
____ 2. This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the
depression--the unemployed, the aged, and the ill.
____ 3. This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair
dams, flood-control projects, and power plants.
____ 4. This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of
raising crop prices and farm income.
____ 5. This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in
soil-erosion and flood-control projects.
____ 6. This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater
goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market.
____ 7. This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound,
with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.
____ 8. This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor
standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth.
If the statement is true, fill in letter "A". If it is false, fill in letter "B".
__________ 9.
Molly Dewson was the first woman cabinet member. As secretary of labor, she played a
major role in creating the Social Security system and in crafting labor legislation.
__________ 10.
Mary McLeod Bethune, an African-American educator, was appointed head of the
Division of Negro Affairs. She helped to organize a "Black Cabinet" of influential African
Americans to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues.
__________ 11.
President Roosevelt appointed John Collier as Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
__________ 12.
The Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) was organized in an attempt to unionize
both skilled and unskilled laborers.
__________ 13.
The New Deal Coalition was an alignment of various groups dedicated to supporting the
Socialist Party.
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Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not
be used at all. Some may be used more than once.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Grant Wood
Orson Welles
Richard Wright
Gone with the Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
____ 14. His classic novel, Native Son, depicts the difficulties faced by a young man trying to survive in a
racist world.
____ 15. His famous painting, "American Gothic, " depicts two stern-faced farmers standing stiffly in front of
their farmhouse.
____ 16. This classic novel written by John Steinbeck focuses on the difficulties faced by people who, forced
off the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl, move to California.
____ 17. One of the most popular movies of all time, this sweeping drama about life among Southern
plantation owners during the Civil War starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
____ 18. This actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all
time, "The War of the Worlds, " and directed the movie classic, Citizen Kane.
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not
be used at all. Some may be used more than once.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
parity
National Labor Relations Board
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Securities and Exchange Commission
A. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B. Federal Deficit
____ 19. This provides for an old-age insurance program.
____ 20. This federally regulated crop price was intended to stabilize farmer's incomes.
____ 21. This provides for an unemployment compensation program.
____ 22. This provides programs that aid needy families with children and the needy disabled.
____ 23. Under the second Agricultural Act, loans made to farmers were based on this value of their surplus
crops.
____ 24. Created under the Wagner Act, this continues to act as a mediator in disputes between unions and
employers.
____ 25. Created in 1934, this continues to monitor the stock market and enforce laws regarding the sale of
stocks and bonds.
____ 26. Pollution was an unfortunate result of this program to promote flood control and build hydroelectric
power plants.
____ 27. This increased during the Roosevelt administration as the federal government enacted reforms to
stabilize the economy.
____ 28. Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, this shored up the banking system by protecting
people's savings against loss in the event of a bank failure.
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Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 29. 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.
____ 30. Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet?
A. Arlene Francis
B. Frances Perkins
C. Eleanor Roosevelt
D. Mary McLeod Bethune
____ 31. 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 prices of farm goods
D. increase crop production
____ 32. 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
____ 33. Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
A. to increase farm production
B. to raise prices of farm products
C. to provide pensions for retired farmers
D. to encourage more people to enter farming
____ 34. 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
____ 35. 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.
____ 36. 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
____ 37. 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
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____ 38. 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. Dorothea Lange
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 39. Which of the following rivers appears to have the most dams built on it?
A. Ohio River
B. Tennessee River
C. Cumberland River
D. Clinch River
____ 40. Which is the northernmost dam illustrated on this map?
A. Guntersville
B. Fort Patrick Henry
C. Kentucky
D. Norris
____ 41. According to the map, which river in Tennessee does not have any dams built on it?
A. Ohio River
B. Cumberland River
C. Clinch River
D. Duck River
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____ 42. If you were traveling east along the Tennessee River, which dam would you encounter next after
passing the Wheeler Dam?
A. Wilson
B. Guntersville
C. Nickajack
D. Pickwick Landing
____ 43. Approximately how many miles is it, measuring in a straight line, from the Kentucky Dam to the
Pickwick Landing Dam?
A. 50 miles
B. 100 miles
C. 150 miles
D. 200 miles
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 44. In the cartoon, the "NRA Death Warrant" represents ___.
A. the NRA's limiting the production of goods
B. Roosevelt's attempts to silence New Deal critics
C. the NRA's putting an end to child labor
D. the Supreme Court's declaring the NIRA unconstitutional
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____ 45. In the cartoon, the character that represents Child Labor feels ___ about the NRA death warrant.
A. happy
B. unhappy
C. angry
D. confused
____ 46. According to the cartoon, ___ will benefit from the NRA death warrant.
A. FDR
B. Congress
C. labor
D. small business
____ 47. The cartoon most clearly depicts FDR and ___ as being on opposite sides of the NRA issue.
A. Wall Street
B. the Brain Trust
C. labor
D. the public
____ 48. ___ is the best summary of the main idea of this cartoon.
A. "Americans reacted in various ways to the end of the NRA, depending on their special
interests"
B. "Roosevelt gathered a group of experts to help him battle the Supreme Court's decision to end
the NRA"
C. "Both the adults and youth of America were pleased with the end of the NRA"
D. "The end of the NRA brought out positive reactions from labor and small business"
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not
be used at all. Some may be used more than once. (4 points each)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Wagner Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Securities Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Social Security Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Civilian Conservation Corps
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Works Progress Administration
____ 49. This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings.
____ 50. 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.
____ 51. This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen
years of age.
____ 52. This rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region.
____ 53. This protected the right of workers to join unions and established the National Labor Relations
Board to settle disputes between employers and employees.
____ 54. This provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal
loans to solid banks.
____ 55. This provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities,
poor mothers with dependent children, and the needy elderly.
____ 56. 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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____ 57. Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, this originally protected up to $5, 000 of
an individual's bank account.
____ 58. 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.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (2 points each)
____ 59. On which river is the Pickwich Landing Dam located?
A. Kentucky
B. Cumberland
C. Tennessee
D. Duck
____ 60. Which is the easternmost dam shown on the map?
A. South Holston
B. Wilbur
C. Pickwick Landing
D. Chatuge
____ 61. Which of the following is not a reason that the Tennessee River Valley was chosen for the
development of many dams?
A. There are many rivers in the region.
B. Residents of the area would benefit from electricity generated by dams.
C. The area had a history of dangerous flooding.
D. The area needed lakes to provide fish to feed its residents.
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____ 62. Which of the following statements is supported by the map?
A. Every river within the map has at least one dam built on it.
B. The Ohio River is not an integral part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
C. The Wilson, Wheeler, and Guntersville dams are the only dams built outside of Tennessee's
state borders.
D. Every dam illustrated on this map is within Tennessee.
____ 63. How many states on the map contain hydroelectric dams?
A. one
B. four
C. five
D. six
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (2 points each)
____ 64. How would you describe Congress's feelings about the end of the NRA, as depicted in the cartoon?
A. confused
B. happy
C. unhappy
D. angry
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____ 65. Based on the main characters represented in the cartoon, which sector did the NRA mainly affect?
A. the arts
B. farming and rural development
C. business and labor
D. housing
____ 66. What does the NRA death warrant represent in the cartoon?
A. the NRA's limiting product production
B. Roosevelt's attempts to silence New Deal critics
C. the NRA's putting an end to child labor
D. the Supreme Court's declaring the NIRA unconstitutional
____ 67. Which of the following might also have been represented in the cartoon as a person frowning at the
NRA death warrant?
A. union organizer
B. business owner
C. Supreme Court justice
D. conservative economist
____ 68. Which of the following statements is supported by the cartoon?
A. Only Congress is happy with the NRA death warrant.
B. Both Wall Street and small business are pleased with the end of the NRA.
C. The NRA neglected laborers to instead serve the needs of small business owners.
D. Wall Street and labor are on the same side of the NRA issue.
Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 69. ___ 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
____ 70. By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to ___.
A. lower the cost of food
B. increase the food supply
C. raise the price of farm goods
D. combat the effects of the Dust Bowl
____ 71. ___ claimed that the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called
Share-Our-Wealth.
A. Huey Long
B. Francis Townsend
C. John L. Lewis
D. Charles Coughlin
____ 72. 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
____ 73. The American public perceived many characteristics in President Roosevelt, but ___ was probably
not one of them.
A. compassion
B. determination
C. self-confidence
D. economic conservatism
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____ 74. ___ used music to express the hardships of American life during the Depression.
A. Woody Guthrie
B. Grant Wood
C. Diego Rivera
D. Richard Wright
____ 75. ___ 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
____ 76. The Supreme Court ruled that the ___ was unconstitutional on the grounds that its provisions were
local matters and should be regulated by the states.
A. Federal Securities Act
B. Fair Labor Standards Act
C. Wagner Act
D. Agricultural Adjustment Act
____ 77. 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
____ 78. The _____ reflected President Roosevelt's concern for the natural environment.
A. Civil Works Administration
B. National Youth Administration
C. Civilian Conservation Corps
D. Works Progress Administration
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