Question 1

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Frances Perkins

Accepted Answer

A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA 
A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA

Question 2

Describe the various measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.

Accepted Answer

Franklin DF. Roosevelt was elected as th

Question 3

Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results, they halted the economic downturn and provided the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which programs helped people refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates so as to avoid bankruptcy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Workers Progress Administration 
B)  Civilian Conservation Corps 
C)  National Recovery Association 
D)  Home Owners Loan Corporation 
E)  Securities and Exchange Commission 
A)  Workers Progress Administration 
B)  Civilian Conservation Corps 
C)  National Recovery Association 
D)  Home Owners Loan Corporation 
E)  Securities and Exchange Commission

Question 5

Franklin Roosevelt made black civil rights a major priority, ordering that New Deal programs not practice racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Richard Wright:

Accepted Answer

A)  led the conservative outcry against New Deal business regulation 
B)  starred in the original version of Scarface 
C)  wrote Native Son, a story of racial prejudice 
D)  was the outspoken head of the Farm Security Administration 
E)  was the economist who originally dreamed up Social Security 
A)  led the conservative outcry against New Deal business regulation 
B)  starred in the original version of Scarface 
C)  wrote Native Son, a story of racial prejudice 
D)  was the outspoken head of the Farm Security Administration 
E)  was the economist who originally dreamed up Social Security

Question 7

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Steinbeck

Accepted Answer

A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA 
A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA

Question 8

In 1939, Franklin Roosevelt for the first time presented:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Social Security Act 
B)  the Fair Labor Standards Act 
C)  the Civil Conservation Corps 
D)  no new reform programs that year 
E)  the National Recovery Administration 
A)  the Social Security Act 
B)  the Fair Labor Standards Act 
C)  the Civil Conservation Corps 
D)  no new reform programs that year 
E)  the National Recovery Administration

Question 9

Whose campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt 
A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

In November 1930:

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives 
B)  Herbert Hoover won a second term as president, but by a very small margin 
C)  Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives 
D)  Herbert Hoover was soundly defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt 
E)  the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency remained in the hands of the incumbent parties 
A)  Democrats won a majority in the House of Representatives 
B)  Herbert Hoover won a second term as president, but by a very small margin 
C)  Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives 
D)  Herbert Hoover was soundly defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt 
E)  the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency remained in the hands of the incumbent parties

Question 11

Who was known as "Kingfish"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Coughlin 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt 
C)  Huey Long 
D)  Francis Townsend 
E)  Alfred Smith 
A)  Charles Coughlin 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt 
C)  Huey Long 
D)  Francis Townsend 
E)  Alfred Smith

Question 12

How did New Deal reforms attempt to raise farm prices and stabilize industry?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal, a series of programs and p

Question 13

Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression, some widespread human suffering continued. Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.

Accepted Answer

Despite the efforts of the New Deal prog

Question 14

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John L. Lewis

Accepted Answer

A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA 
A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA

Question 15

Charles E. Coughlin:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the "radio priest" 
B)  headed the Tennessee Valley Authority 
C)  headed the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
D)  wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin 
E)  ran on the Union ticket with Huey Long 
A)  was the "radio priest" 
B)  headed the Tennessee Valley Authority 
C)  headed the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
D)  wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin 
E)  ran on the Union ticket with Huey Long

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Francis E. Townsend

Accepted Answer

A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA 
A) author of The Grapes of Wrath 
B) created the Share-the-Wealth program 
C) served as secretary of labor 
D) was a BIA commissioner 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA

Question 17

Despite the New Deal, full recovery from the Depression did not come until the crisis of World
War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Herbert Hoover refused to involve the government in efforts to relieve the effects of economic depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Just before his election to the presidency in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was serving as:

Accepted Answer

A)  secretary of state 
B)  vice president 
C)  governor of New York 
D)  national chairman of the Democratic party 
E)  professor at West Point 
A)  secretary of state 
B)  vice president 
C)  governor of New York 
D)  national chairman of the Democratic party 
E)  professor at West Point

Question 20

All of the following were objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  the production of cheap electric power 
B)  opening rivers to boats and barges 
C)  flood control 
D)  soil conservation and forestry 
E)  the development of Smoky Mountain National Park 
A)  the production of cheap electric power 
B)  opening rivers to boats and barges 
C)  flood control 
D)  soil conservation and forestry 
E)  the development of Smoky Mountain National Park

Exam 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Frances Perkins

Describe the various measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.

Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results, they halted the economic downturn and provided the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.

Which programs helped people refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates so as to avoid bankruptcy?

Franklin Roosevelt made black civil rights a major priority, ordering that New Deal programs not practice racial discrimination.

Richard Wright:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Steinbeck

In 1939, Franklin Roosevelt for the first time presented:

Whose campaign song was "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

In November 1930:

Who was known as "Kingfish"?

How did New Deal reforms attempt to raise farm prices and stabilize industry?

Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression, some widespread human suffering continued. Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John L. Lewis

Charles E. Coughlin:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Francis E. Townsend

Despite the New Deal, full recovery from the Depression did not come until the crisis of World War II.

Herbert Hoover refused to involve the government in efforts to relieve the effects of economic depression.

Just before his election to the presidency in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was serving as:

All of the following were objectives of the Tennessee Valley Authority EXCEPT:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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