Which form of entertainment helped to create a mass, nationwide popular culture in the 1920s and 1930s?
A radio
B television
C vaudeville
D live theatre

Which statement asserts the ideas of most
New Deal economists?
A Big business should set most economic policies.
B The law of supply and demand should determine all economic decisions.
C The federal government should have absolutely no power over the economy.
D An important function of government is to moderate the effects of the business cycle.

Which of the following occurred after the Stock
Market Crash?
A One out of four Americans lost his or her job.
B President Hoover was impeached and removed from office.
C America turned to European countries for foreign aid.
D The Supreme Court suspended the Constitution to give President Roosevelt unprecedented power.

What New Deal legislation provided economic support to retired workers?
A the National Recovery Act
B the Federal Emergency Relief Act
C the Social Security Act
D the Fair Labor Standards Act

What part of the economy was the weakest during the 1920s?
A farming
B manufacturing
C consumer goods
D service industries

Which factor contributed to the trend shown on the graph?
A low demand for stocks
B buying of stocks on margin
C low confidence in the stock market
D strict government regulation of the stock market

Which factor most likely contributed to the downturn in the business cycle prior to the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
A overproduction of goods
B shortage of skilled laborers
C increased purchasing power of consumers
D introduction of new timesaving household goods

Which phrase describes one effect of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
A increased industrial output
B widespread unemployment
C growth in consumer demand
D repayment of European debts

Which reason best explains why many companies failed after the Stock Market
Crash of 1929?
A Prices for the companies’ stocks were too high.
B Companies were unable to hire enough workers.
C Consumer money shortages led to a decline in purchases.
D Production could not keep up with the demand for goods.

Which statement explains the situation reflected in the chart?
A The price of stocks began to decrease before September of
1929.
B Investors stopped buying stocks between Aug. and Sept.
C Investors who feared stock prices would decline began to sell their shares.
D The companies listed on the chart abruptly stopped offering shares of stock.

What effect did New Deal policies have upon banking and business?
A greater market freedom
B fewer market incentives
C more government regulation
D complete government control

“. . . I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis —broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact to be invaded by a foreign foe.”
—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1st Inaugural Address, 1933
President Roosevelt’s view led directly to which action?
A the passage of new banking laws
B the United States joining the United Nations
C the United States becoming involved in World War
II
D the increased use of the military to address social problems

The information in the chart supports the conclusion that the New Deal
A created programs that were stop-gap economic measures.
B established a new role for the government in the economy.
C failed to solve the problems created by the Great Depression.
D recommitted the nation to the principals of laissez faire economics.

During the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt helped establish the National Youth Administration, which helped high school and college students stay in school by giving them funds in exchange for work. The NYA also found work for others who were not in school, but unemployed. Stated Mrs. Roosevelt, “It is a question of the right to work, and the right to work should know no color lines.”
According to the information, Mrs. Roosevelt hoped that the National Youth Administration would
A teach traditional skills to women.
B provide equal opportunities for all youth.
C offer the unemployed a college education.
D require all young people to stay in school.

Some Information About Eleanor Roosevelt
• Member of the National Consumers’ League
• Member of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
• Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission
• Chair of the National Commission on the Status of
Women
Based on the information, what was a goal of
Eleanor Roosevelt?
A promotion of social reform
B revision of immigration laws
C reform of the political party system
D conservation of natural resources

Which act was Franklin Roosevelt signing when he made this speech?
A Social Security Act
B National Housing Act
C Fair Labor Standards Act
D National Industrial Recovery Act

Why was the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation created?
A to protect government loans to farmers
B to protect people’s retirement pensions
C to protect corporations from bankruptcy
D to protect money in people’s bank accounts

Statements Regarding Relief for the Unemployed
During the Depression
“I hold that . . . the proper separation of functions of the
Federal and local governments requires the maintenance of the fundamental principle that the obligation of distress
[hardship] rests upon the individuals, upon the communities and upon the states.”
—President Herbert Hoover, 1932

“Relief funds . . . will be expended on behalf of rural families in a manner and to an extent that will enable them to achieve self-support. . . . The needy unemployed living in cities and towns . . . should receive . . . adequate assurance of means to maintain themselves. . . . The
Federal Government has no intention or desire to force either upon the country or the unemployed themselves a system of relief which is repugnant [offensive] to
American ideals of individual self-reliance. . . . Labor on
[work programs] . . . will be confined to those needy unemployed who can give adequate return for the unemployment benefits which they receive.”
—President Franklin Roosevelt, 1934

What do the quotations illustrate about the shift in the role of government during this period?
A The federal government began to play a greater role in meeting the basic needs of individuals.
B State governments became more powerful by setting up relief programs for the unemployed.
C The federal government replaced the idea of self-reliance with generous cash benefits for all.
D Local governments became less dependent on state and federal governments for relief assistance.

What was one of the results of Franklin D.
Roosevelt being elected to four terms as president?
A a restriction of voting rights
B a public demand for longer presidential terms
C a revision in nominating procedures of the major political parties
D a constitutional amendment limiting a president to two full terms in office

What themes dominated the songs that
Woody Guthrie wrote during the 1930s?
A sophisticated wit that appealed to wealthy urbanites
B musical humor that poked fun at American politicians
C social injustice and hardship during the
Great Depression
D sarcastic humor which expressed a cynical view of communism

Which Oklahoman both criticized and supported New Deal policies in print and on the radio?
F Will Rogers
G Ralph Ellison
H Woody Guthrie
J Frederic Remington

“Our country and the world are today involved in more than a financial crisis . . . No governmental action, no economic doctrine, no economic plan or project can replace that . . . responsibility of the individual man
and woman to their neighbors.”—Herbert Hoover
“We face our common difficulties. They concern . . . only material things.
Values have shrunken to fantastic levels . . . The savings of many years in thousands of families are gone . . . This Nation asks for action, and action now . . . I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may
require.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
The quotations illustrate the difference in the policies of
Hoover and
Roosevelt regarding
A the expansion of civil rights.
B the need for resource conservation.
C the effect of foreign trade on the economy.
D the role of government in the lives of citizens.

The policies of the New Deal influenced
African Americans to support
F the Populist Party.
G the Democratic Party.
H the Republican Party.
J the Communist Party

Here we have one of the factors responsible for the uneven progress of industry and agriculture. Compared with the factory, the farm has suffered from . . . outmoded techniques.
. . . Yet all of us who studied the problem believed that an opening inevitably would come for a serious, well-ordered effort to extend to the farm the benefits electricity has made possible to town dwellers in this country.
—Morris L. Cooke, Rural Electrification Administration, 1935
Based on the quotation, which statement best describes the impact of rural electrification on American society?
A decreased dependence on technology
B decreased government intervention in industry
C increased economic development of rural areas
D increased movement of people from urban to rural areas