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Chapter 23 Test
Like all other tests of this format, talking will not be tolerated. If anyone is suspected of talking, their paper will be confiscated and a
zero will be given.Good Luck!
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1. What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?
• A. He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief
• B. He closed all of the nation’s banks and ordered inspections.
• C. He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court.
• D. He called the first meeting of the “Brain Trust”
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2. Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
• A. increase crop production
• B. regulate the stock market
• C. decrease farmers income
• D. all of the above
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3. Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
• A. Social Security Act
• B. Fair Labor Standards Act
• C. National Labor Relations Act
• D. Works Progress Adminstration
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4. What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt
administration?
• A. She focused on being an excellent hostess
• B. She served as a cabinet member
• C. She was an important advisor on domestic policy
• D. She was an important advisor on foreign policy
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5. Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt’s first
term as president?
• A. tariff rates
• B. employment rates
• C. the national debt
• D. all of the above
• E. none of the above
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6. Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression?
• A. Ernest Hemmingway
• B. Orson Welles
• C. John Steinbeck
• D. Woody Guthrie
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7. What 1939 film which depicted the lives of Southern planters during the Civil War is listed as one of the most popular movies of all time?
• A. Gone with the Wind
• B. The Wizard of Oz
• C. The Grapes of Wrath
• D. The Royal Tenebaums
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8. What program put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and planting trees?
• A. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• B. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• C. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• D. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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9. What were the daytime dramas that were aired in hopes of appealing to homemakers? These broadcasts got their names from the products that sponsored them.
• A. Hollywood True Stories
• B. Soap Operas
• C. Fireside Chats
• D. none of the above
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10. What was the name given to the radio broadcasts given by FDR on a regular basis. These broadcasts were intended to boost the nation’s moral.
• A. soap operas
• B. Dinner-table discussion
• C. Fireside Chats
• D. Front porch talk
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11. What 1933 law required corporations to provide complete and truthful information on all stocks they intended to sell?
• A. Wagner Act
• B. Social Security Act
• C. Emergency Banking Relief Act
• D. Federal Securities Act
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12. The Social Security Act provided which of the following for any American that qualified?
• A. Old-age insurance for retirees 65 and older
• B. Unemployment compensation
• C. Aid to families with dependent children and the disabled
• D. all of the above
• E. B and C
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13. What is the term that describes the government spending more money than it brings in with tax revenues?
• A. welfare
• B. deficit spending
• C. direct relief
• D. none of the above
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14. The main goal of the New Deal was to…
• A. oppose labor unions
• B. decrease the size of the government
• C. create jobs
• D. lower taxes
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15. Public works programs were government funded programs to …
• A. encourage immigration
• B. reform the banking system
• C. eliminate segregation
• D. build or improve roads, parks, and airports.
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16. Eleanor Roosevelt helped FDR by….• A. reporting to him on how people were
reacting to New Deal programs.
• B. leading the National Recovery Administration
• C. traveling to Europe to gain support for the New Deal
• D. becoming a powerful member of Congress
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17. Which New Deal program was created to offer payments to people who could not support themselves?
• A. Federal Reserve Board
• B. Tennessee Valley Authority
• C. Social Security
• D. Civilian Conservation Corps
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18. New Deal programs were most helpful to…
• A. white men
• B. women
• C. black men
• D. immigrants
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19. Conservatives attacked the New Deal for….
• A. limiting people’s freedom.
• B. not doing enough to help poor people.
• C. raising taxes on the rich.
• D. increasing the national debt.
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20. With programs such as Social Security, many Republicans argued that the government was….
• A. growing too weak
• B. spending entirely too much tax money
• C. promoting racism
• D. abandoning the poor
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Bonus: According to CNN.com, which US city is ranked #1 most
dangerous city to live in?
• A. Houston, Texas
• B. Camden, New Jersey
• C. Pensacola, Florida
• D. Birmingham, Alabama