Ch 22 Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt transform the role of First Lady?
a. She entertained lavishly in the White House.
b. She gathered information for President Roosevelt, traveled, wrote, and attacked social problems.
c. She campaigned to be made a member of President Roosevelt’s cabinet.
d. She argued that the job of First Lady should be a paid position.
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2. Despite critics of the New Deal, what happens in the election of 1936?
a. Roosevelt is re-elected in a landslide and Democrats gain more seats in Congress.
b. Roosevelt loses his bid for re-election because of the New Deal.
c. Roosevelt is re-elected but Republicans gain control of both houses of Congress.
d. Roosevelt loses his bid for re-election because of the court packing case.
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3. During the Hundred Days, why was a program approved to pay farmers not to grow crops?
a. to allow farmers to enroll in training for other work
b. to raise demand and drive up prices
c. to free farmland for other uses
d. to lower prices so consumers would buy more
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4. What was one effect of the New Deal?
a. The New Deal ultimately promoted complete dependence on the government.
b. The New Deal offered a more active and constructive role for government.
c. The New Deal abolished the traditional checks and balances within the American government.
d. The New Deal celebrated a more passive role for government.
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5. How did the nature of the government’s emergency relief change during the Second New Deal?
a. The government instituted the Share Our Wealth program.
b. The government relied more heavily on donations from philanthropists to help the poor.
c. The focus shifted from aid to government-funded employment opportunities.
d. The policy shifted to greater reliance on direct aid to the public.
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6. How did President Roosevelt’s philosophy differ from Herbert Hoover’s?
a. Roosevelt thought too much communication from the president would hamper recovery.
b. Roosevelt believed in “rugged individualism.”
c. Roosevelt played on the public’s fears.
d. Roosevelt believed that in times of crisis, it was acceptable for government to aid people directly.
7. In 1937 the nation experienced another sudden and alarming drop in the
a. food supply.
b. labor force.
c. housing market.
d. stock market.
8. When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president, he named ____ to be his secretary of labor—the first woman
ever to serve in the cabinet.
a. Frances Perkins
b. Marian Anderson
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
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9. How did the New Deal change the relationship between business and labor?
a. The National Industrial Recovery Act outlawed collective bargaining.
b. The National Industrial Recovery Act guaranteed workers the right to form unions.
c. The National Labor Relations Act encouraged company-sponsored unions.
d. President Roosevelt opposed the Wagner Act.
____ 10. What did Senator Huey P. Long, Father Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend have in common?
a. Their primary concern was care of the elderly.
b. They were members of the Share Our Wealth Society.
c. They were outspoken critics of the New Deal.
d. They approved of the New Deal’s financial and banking policies.
____ 11. Who gave government officials the power to examine each bank, determine its soundness, take steps to
correct problems, and, if necessary, close it?
a. Glass-Steagall Act
b. Civilian Conservation Corps
c. Emergency Banking Act
d. National Industrial Recovery Act
____ 12. The ____ helped restore public confidence in the safety of the nation’s banks.
a. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b. Social Security Act
c. Works Progress Administration
d. Securities Exchange Commission
____ 13. In 1937, what misstep caused President Roosevelt to lose the support of some within his own party and that of
many in the general public?
a. his informal manner during his fireside chats
b. his creation of the WPA
c. his reliance on his wife to go places where he could not go because of his health
d. his attempt to pack the Supreme Court with judges friendly to his policies
____ 14. The Civilian Conservation Corps was formed to address the problem of
a. clear-cutting in old-growth forests.
b. investor anxiety.
c. poor wages for factory workers.
d. unemployment among young men.
____ 15. In 1935 which body struck significant blows to the New Deal’s attempts to bring change to the economy?
a. the AFL
b. the Supreme Court
c. the Senate
d. the House of Representatives
____ 16. What was one basic purpose shared by the Emergency Banking Act, the Glass-Steagal Act, and President
Roosevelt’s fireside chats?
a. to increase the public’s confidence
b. to heighten Americans’ awareness of economic threats
c. to educate the public about economic theories
d. to promote a sense of pride in American banking
____ 17. During the election of 1936 Republicans attacked President Roosevelt’s New Deal for
a. supporting big business.
b. being overly bureaucratic and creating a planned economy.
c. not doing enough for the country.
d. putting money in the pocket of politicians.
____ 18. What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
a. revolt, relief, and renewal
b. review, relocation, and revolution
c. reaction, response, and resignation
d. relief, recovery, and reforms
____ 19. Why did President Roosevelt declare a “bank holiday” on his second day in office?
a. It was part of an overall effort to restructure the nation’s business hours.
b. Bank failures during Hoover’s administration had left finance officials in need of rest.
c. He hoped to stimulate a day of consumer spending.
d. He wanted to stop the run on banks that threatened even the healthiest financial institutions.
____ 20. The Securities and Exchange Commission helped the public
a. establish unions.
b. establish a minimum wage.
c. regain faith in the stock markets.
d. cope with poverty.
____ 21. President Roosevelt embraced the theories of John Maynard Keynes because Keynes
a. explained how deficit spending could stimulate the economy.
b. considered a high rate of unemployment to be both inevitable and unimportant.
c. stressed the importance of a balanced budget.
d. offered spiritual guidance as well as economic theories.
____ 22. The Fair Labor Standards Act
a. discriminated against Republicans.
b. established a minimum wage.
c. covered farm workers.
d. required that unions be established.
Matching
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or person that matches each description. Some answer will
not be used.
a. deficit
d. subsidy
b. sit down strike
e. Hundred Days
c. New Deal
____ 23. Payment granted by the government to a person or a group
____ 24. a labor tactic when workers refuse to work or leave the place of work until a dispute with management is
settled.
____ 25. early time of FDR’s presidency where a great deal of legislation is passed due to majority of his party in
office.
____ 26. Condition that occurs when a government spends more than it takes in
____ 27. Plan by FDR intended to bring relief, recovery, and reform to U.S.
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or person that matches each description. Some answer will
not be used.
a. incumbent
d. fireside chats
b. minimum wage
e. public works
c. Social Security Act
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28. conversational radio addresses given by FDR. Made him very popular.
29. Centerpiece of the Second New Deal. provided a pension to anyone older than 65
30. government funded building projects that provide jobs.
31. Candidate presently in office
32. lowest wage an employer can legally pay a worker
Short Answer
33. List and explain in detail at least two policies of the New Deal. Explain how the efforts to combat the Great
Depression led to an expanded role for the federal government.