Question 1

When did Roosevelt pronounce his famous inaugural speech?

Accepted Answer

1933

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1929

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1932

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1935

Question 2

What did Roosevelt and Keynes believe the New Deal had laid the foundations of?

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A Welfare State

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A More Productive America

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A fast Recovery

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A Communist Alliance

Question 3

What is the NIRA?

Accepted Answer

National Industrial Recovery Act

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New Investment Relief Administration

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National Industrial Relief Act

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New Insurance Reform Act

Question 4

Which New Deal agency had the creation of new jobs as its primary goal?

Accepted Answer

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Question 5

What was the primary motive behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 proposal to add members to the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

protection of New Deal programs from unfavorable Court decisions

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removal of Republican justices from the Court

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ending the Court’s use of judicial review

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assuring United States neutrality at the start of World War II

Question 6

The Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) of 1935 helped organized labor by...

Accepted Answer

guaranteeing workers the right to collective bargaining

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requiring all workers to join unions

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mandating government control over industry

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banning the closed shop in the workplace

Question 7

Opponents of the New Deal criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt for...

Accepted Answer

expanding the role and size of the federal government

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reducing spending to balance the budget

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weakening the executive branch

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permitting banks to operate without government regulation

Question 8

Which federal agency, created during the New Deal, was intended to prevent serious problems in the stock market?

Accepted Answer

Securities and Exchange Commission

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Works Progress Administration

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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Social Security Administration

Question 9

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to increase the number of Supreme Court justices because..

Accepted Answer

the Court had declared several New Deal programs unconstitutional

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some justices complained they were unable to handle the heavy caseload

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the Court needed more minority representation

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some regions of the country were not represented on the Court

Question 10

The New Deal reform that helped labor unions win the right to represent workers was the...

Accepted Answer

passage of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act

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formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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establishment of unemployment insurance

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creation of Social Security

Question 11

What disease did FDR suffer from?

Accepted Answer

A kind of Polio

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Bone cancer

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Parkinson's

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Tuberculosis

Question 12

During the Great Depression, one way New Deal programs tried to stimulate economic recovery was by...

Accepted Answer

creating public works jobs

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lowering the minimum wage

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raising tariff rates

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increasing interest rates

Question 13

Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Stock Market Crash

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Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic

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Bank failures

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Election of FDR

Question 14

What is the name given to October 29th 1929 when the stock market crashed?

Accepted Answer

Black Friday

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stock market day

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The New Deal

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Ruby Tuesday

Question 15

When did Roosevelt get re-elected as President?

Accepted Answer

1936

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1941

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1938

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1932

Question 16

President Roosevelt sought advice from a diverse group of people nicknamed the...

Accepted Answer

Brain Trust

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Eyes and ears

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Bonus Army

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New Deal Coalition

Question 17

One result of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was that it

Accepted Answer

raised the national debt

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repealed federal antitrust laws

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weakened labor unions

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deregulated the stock market

Question 18

Which of these is NOT an "alphabet" agency?

Accepted Answer

Farmers' Relief Administration or Act

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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Works Progress Administration

Question 19

What were Roosevelt's first action regarding the banks when he came to power?

Accepted Answer

Enforced a four-day bank-holiday

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Enforced a two-day bank holiday

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Made them sign the Emergency Banking Act

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Set up the National Recovery Administration

Question 20

When did America's economy really start to improve?

Accepted Answer

When America joined WWII

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After 1936 and the Second New Deal

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When America joined WWI

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In the 1960s

Question 21

After the Stock Market Crash in October 1929, there was...

Accepted Answer

A decrease in demand for consumer goods.

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An increase in industrial production.

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An increase in loans for building factories.

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A decrease in business failures.

Question 22

Hundreds of young, single men found work in developin parks, planting trees, fighting against  soil-erosion thanks to...

Accepted Answer

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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Social Security Act

Question 23

Which of the following is the 3 R’s of the New Deal?

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Relief, Recovery, Reform

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Relief, Reduce, Reform

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Raekwon Raps Roar

Question 24

What was Herbert Hoover’s government policy at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Laissez faire- let the economy sort itself out.

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Give federal payments to those who lost their jobs

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Allow civilians to set up shanty towns called “Hoovervilles” throughout the cities.

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Establish breadlines for the homeless

Question 25

which acronym stands for action in favour of farmers?

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AAA

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NRA

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FMA

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ABC

Question 26

President Roosevelt delivered many informal radio messages called...

Accepted Answer

fireside chats

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radio announcements

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presidential discussions

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radio chats

Question 27

What New Deal program established a series of dams to prevent flooding and provide hydroelectricity to 6 states?

Accepted Answer

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

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NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

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WPA (Works Progress Administration)

Question 28

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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paid farmers  not to grow crops

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bought up farm suprlus

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made land available to farmers

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paid farmers to grow crops

Question 29

Which of these women had no role during the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Annah Arendt

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Martha Gellhorn

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Dorothea Lange

Question 30

How many times was Roosevelt elected president?

Accepted Answer

4 times

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3 times

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2 times

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1 time

Question 31

What symbol of fair behaviuor was used by companies respecting the NRA?

Accepted Answer

Blue eagle

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Red elephant

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Green tree

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Blue donkey

Question 32

Which of these measures is not part of the first new deal?

Accepted Answer

Social Security Act

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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Rural Electrification Act

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Banking Act

Question 33

Later the New Deal has inspired other policies except for

Accepted Answer

Wilson's 14 points

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Johnson’s Great Society

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Green New Deal projects

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Truman Fair deal

Question 34

What attitude did the Roosevelt government have with native Americans?

Accepted Answer

He promulgated a special law

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He gave them compensation with his apologies.

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He locked them in reserves

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He offered them new territories

Question 35

What action has not been taken by the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

End of alcohol prohibition

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Removal of Supreme Court Judges

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Nationalisation of banks

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War against Mexico

Question 36

FD Roosevelt died in

Accepted Answer

1945

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1944

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1941

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1947

Question 37

What historian or economist didn't criticize the Roosevelt's myth?

Accepted Answer

John Steinbeck

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Milton Friedman

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John Flynn

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Robert Higgs

Question 38

Before becoming president, FDR was governor of which state?

Accepted Answer

New York

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Tenessee

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North Carolina

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California

Question 39

Who was not a candidate challenging Roosevelt for the presidential elections

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman

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Herbert Hoover

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Alfred Landon

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Wendell Willkie

Question 40

In what year did unemployment rise again despite the New Deal measures?

Accepted Answer

1937

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1940

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1935

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1939

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