Chapter 15 Study Guide
1.)
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b.)
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What was created to give unemployed people jobs?
The New Deal
The Great Compromise
Social Security
2.)
a.)
b.)
c.)
Who beat Hoover in the 1932 Presidential Election?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
3.)
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b.)
c.)
Name one thing the New Deal was going to do?
Give aide for the rich
Give aide for the needy
Increased taxes on exports to help American businesses
4.)
a.)
b.)
c.)
Name one thing the New Deal was going to do?
Help with economic recovery
Prevent World War II
End World War 1
5.)
a.)
b.)
c.)
Name one thing the New Deal was going to do?
Aide with Indian Removal
Give land to anyone moving west
Financial Reform
6.)
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b.)
c.)
What did FDR do to the banks?
He re-opened all of them to restore faith of American public
He closed all banks and only allowed good banks to re open
He abolished the concept of banks and told people to keep their own money
7.)
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b.)
c.)
What do banks do with your money when you deposit it?
They invest it
They spend it to keep the economy strong
They keep all of it in a safe at the back of the bank
8.)
a.)
b.)
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How much money or currency do banks keep?
Enough to meet normal demands
All money that has been deposited
Usually none in the main office in case they get robbed
9.)
a.)
b.)
c.)
What would happen if everybody tried to withdraw their money from banks?
The banks would flourish
The banks would be able to invest your money easier
The banks would fail
10.) What act created the FDIC?
a.) Bank Security Act
b.) Bank Deposit Act
c.) Glass Steagall Act
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11.) What did the FDIC do?
a.) It insured individual bank accounts through the Federal Government
b.) It insured individual bank accounts by allowing the rich to loan the poor money.
c.) It insured your investments in the stock market
12.) What amendment ended the prohibition of alcohol?
a.) 18st
b.) 21st
c.) 19th
13.) What did government give incentives to farmers for?
a.) Planting more crops
b.) Planting less crops
c.) Continuing the same production of crops
14.) What kind of incentives did the government give farmers?
a.) The Fed. Gov. gave farmers money for leaving parts of their land unseeded.
b.) The Fed. Gov. gave farmers money for growing crops on all of their land
c.) The Fed. Gov. fined farmers for not growing crops on all of their land
15.) Why did the public not like the idea of farmers not growing as much?
a.) There were people going hungry and they thought it did not make sense to destroy
food when there were people that were starving.
b.) Most people lived in big cities and did not feel as if farming was important.
c.) They wanted to make sure farmers had plenty of food
16.) Name the government program that gave people jobs building civic projects?
a.) New Projects Plan
b.) Square Deal
c.) New Deal
17.) Which program put 18 to 25 year olds to work building roads?
a.) Civilian Conservation Corp.
b.) Road project plan
c.) Square Deal
18.) How did the New Deal projects pay?
a.) Good
b.) Bad
c.) It paid with good and services and not money
19.) How much did each person make?
a.) 30 dollars a month
b.) 30 dollars a year
c.) 3 dollars a month
20.) Which program built schools and community buildings?
a.) Public Works Administration
b.) School Building Association
c.) Social Security Administration
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21.) What administration provided 4 million jobs between 1933 and 1934?
a.) Hoover administration
b.) Civil Works Administration
c.) Social Security Adminstration
22.) How many salaries of school teachers were paid due to the Civil Works
Administration?
a.) about 50,000
b.) about 5000
c.) None
23.) How many miles of road were built due to the Civil Works Administration?
a.) ½ a million
b.) 2 million
c.) Roads were not part of the project
24.) What corporation gave people loans to help with their mortgages?
a.) Home Owners Loan Corporation
b.) Mortgage Lending Corporation
c.) Chase Lending Corporation
25.) What is it called when you spend more than you bring in?
a.) Deficit spending
b.) Cautionary spending
c.) Budget Spending
26.) What did the people think about the New Deal?
a.) They liked it
b.) They didn’t care one way or the other about it
c.) They did not like it
27.) Who pushed for the 2nd New Deal?
a.) Eleanor Roosevelt
b.) Theodore Roosevelt
c.) Herbert Hoover
28.) What program built Jelsma stadium and Squires Field?
a.) YMCA
b.) WPA
c.) PWA
29.) How much money was spent creating jobs?
a.) 1 billion
b.) 1 Million
c.) 8 billion
30.) What was most of the workers in the 2nd New Deal skill level?
a.) Somewhat skilled
b.) Highly skilled
c.) Unskilled
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31.) How many airports were built by WPA crews?
a.) 85
b.) 8
c.) 850
32.) How many square miles of road were built by WPA crews?
a.) 651,000
b.) 65,000
c.) 651
33.) How many public buildings were built by WPA crews?
a.) 125,000
b.) 125
c.) 12,500
34.) What type of jobs did the WPA give women?
a.) Sewing clothes for needy
b.) Building buildings
c.) High Management Jobs
35.) What organization provided education, jobs and recreation for the youth?
a.) YMCA
b.) NYA
c.) NYPD
36.) What act prohibited unfair labor practices?
a.) The Labor Act of 1932
b.) Foraker Act
c.) Wagner Act
37.) Name one thing the Social Security Act did?
a.) Provided jobs for people over 65
b.) Provided medical insurance for people over 65
c.) Provided money for people over 65
38.) Name one thing the Social Security Act did?
a.) It provided jobs for people over 65
b.) It provided compensation for people who were unemployed
c.) It gave aide to businesses who gave unemployed people jobs
39.) Name one thing the Social Security Act did?
a.) It provided an amendment to the Articles
b.) It provided compensation for war veterans
c.) It gave aide to families with dependent or disabled children
40.) The New Deal was created in response to what major event?
a.) World War 1
b.) The Great Depression
c.) The Civil War
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41.) Describe women’s wages in compared to men in the workplace?
a.) They made more than men
b.) They made the same as men
c.) They made less than men
42.) Describe FDR’s commitment to Civil Rights?
a.) He was very committed
b.) His programs showed racism
c.) He was not fully committed
43.) Describe what the New Deal did for African Americans?
a.) Many programs discriminated against them
b.) None of the programs discriminated against them
c.) African Americans were firmly against the New Deal
44.) Why did most African Americans support FDR?
a.) He was fully committed to civil rights
b.) He did not allow New Deal programs to discriminate against them
c.) They thought he was their best hope
45.) Name one group that received less benefits than the African Americans.
a.) The Mexican Americans
b.) European Immigrants
c.) The Republicans
46.) What happened to workers wages because of FDR?
a.) They stayed the same
b.) They went up
c.) They went down
47.) What groups made up the New Deal coalition?
a.) All sorts of groups
b.) Only native born Americans
c.) Just the African Americans
48.) Who brought the New Deal coalition together?
a.) Democrats
b.) Independents
c.) Republicans
49.) Name one act that helped Labor Unions flourish.
a.) Work Act
b.) Wagner Act
c.) New Deal Act
50.) Name some things that helped lift the mood of people during the depression.
a.) Radio
b.) Movies
b.) Both
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51.) What did FDR try to convince the people of in 1937?
a.) The depression was still going and that deficit spending was still necessary
b.) That the depression never happened
c.) The depression was over
52.) Why did FDR scale back the New Deal?
a.) He did not want to deficit spend anymore
b.) He did not think he was going to get re-elected
c.) He wanted to continue deficit spending
53.) Who are the conservatives?
a.) Republicans
b.) Democrats
c.) Independents
54.) Who are the Liberals?
a.) Republicans
b.) Democrats
c.) Independents
55.) What party did FDR belong to?
a.) Republicans
b.) Democrats
c.) Independents
56.) Name one program that was created by the New Deal.
a.) Medicaid
b.) Medicare
b.) Social Security
57.) Name one thing the New Deal did for banks?
a.) It gave them insurance through the FDIC
b.) It closed all of them
c.) It forced them to save peoples money instead of investing it
58.) Name one thing the New Deal did.
a.) It preserved the environment
b.) It started Medicare
c.) It eliminated welfare
59.) Name one thing the New Deal did.
a.) It gave people jobs
b.) It eliminated welfare
c.) It started Medicaid
60.) What was the name of the program that built Jelsma Stadium and Squires Field?
a.) PWA (Public Works Administration)
b.) WPA (Works Project Administration)
c) SSA ( Social Security Administration)