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New Deal Study Questions

New Deal Study Questions. 1. Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal? regulate the stock market deregulate the nation's banking system decrease prices of farm goods increase crop production. 2. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration?

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New Deal Study Questions

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  1. New Deal Study Questions

  2. 1. Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal? • regulate the stock market • deregulate the nation's banking system • decrease prices of farm goods • increase crop production

  3. 2. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration? • She served as a cabinet member. • She focused on being an excellent hostess. • She was an important advisor on foreign policy. • She was an important advisor on domestic policy.

  4. 3. Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression? • Grant Wood • John Steinbeck • Richard Wright • Dorothea Lange

  5. 4. Of the following New Deal policies, ___ had the biggest long-term impact on the American economy. • Social Security Act • Civilian Conservation Corps • Works Progress Administration • Federal Emergency Relief Administration

  6. 5. Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet? • Arlene Francis • Frances Perkins • Eleanor Roosevelt • Mary McLeod Bethune

  7. 6. Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? • Wagner Act • Social Security Act • Emergency Banking Relief Act • National Industrial Recovery Act

  8. 7. Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a law? • federally supported loans for housing • the reorganization of the Supreme Court • the establishment of regional planning authorities • the creation of a federally supported pension program

  9. 8. The American public perceived many characteristics in President Roosevelt, but ___ was probably not one of them. • compassion • determination • self-confidence • economic conservatism

  10. 9. ___ were least likely to be a part of the New Deal coalition. • Rural Democrats • African Americans • Southern Republicans • Unionized industrial workers

  11. 10. Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work? • Social Security Act • Fair Labor Standards Act • National Labor Relations Act • Works Progress Administration

  12. 11. Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president? • tariff rates • employment rates • the national debt • per capita income

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