Roosevelt, the Great depression and the New Deal
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- Q1When did Roosevelt pronounce his famous inaugural speech?192919331932193520s
- Q2What did Roosevelt and Keynes believe the New Deal had laid the foundations of?A More Productive AmericaA fast RecoveryA Welfare StateA Communist Alliance20s
- Q3What is the NIRA?New Investment Relief AdministrationNational Industrial Recovery ActNational Industrial Relief ActNew Insurance Reform Act20s
- Q4Which New Deal agency had the creation of new jobs as its primary goal?Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Works Progress Administration (WPA)20s
- Q5What was the primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court?removal of Republican justices from the Courtending the Court’s use of judicial reviewassuring United States neutrality at the start of World War IIprotection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions20s
- Q6The Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) of 1935 helped organized labor by...guaranteeing workers the right to collective bargainingrequiring all workers to join unionsmandating government control over industrybanning the closed shop in the workplace20s
- Q7Opponents of the New Deal criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt for...reducing spending to balance the budgetweakening the executive branchpermitting banks to operate without government regulationexpanding the role and size of the federal government20s
- Q8Which federal agency, created during the New Deal, was intended to prevent serious problems in the stock market?Works Progress AdministrationSecurities and Exchange CommissionAgricultural Adjustment AdministrationSocial Security Administration20s
- Q9In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to increase the number of Supreme Court justices because..the Court had declared several New Deal programs unconstitutionalsome justices complained they were unable to handle the heavy caseloadthe Court needed more minority representationsome regions of the country were not represented on the Court20s
- Q10The New Deal reform that helped labor unions win the right to represent workers was the...formation of the Securities and Exchange Commissionpassage of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Actestablishment of unemployment insurancecreation of Social Security20s
- Q11What disease did FDR suffer from?Bone cancerParkinson'sTuberculosisA kind of Polio20s
- Q12During the Great Depression, one way New Deal programs tried to stimulate economic recovery was by...lowering the minimum wagecreating public works jobsraising tariff ratesincreasing interest rates20s
- Q13Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?Charles Lindbergh crossing the AtlanticStock Market CrashBank failuresElection of FDR20s
- Q14What is the name given to October 29th 1929 when the stock market crashed?stock market dayBlack FridayThe New DealRuby Tuesday20s
- Q15When did Roosevelt get re-elected as President?194119381932193620s