Court Packing
Which body of government opposed FDR's Court Packing Scandal?
A. House of Representatives
B. The FBI
C. The Legislative branch
D. The Executive branch
C. The Legislative Branch
The expansion of the role of the federal government as caretaker of the nation's well-being was a product of the —
A. Fair Deal
B. Gilded Age
C. New Deal
D. Square Deal
C. New Deal
Who were the "Okies" of the Dust Bowl?
A. Farmers and Ranchers from Oklahoma that moved out west in search of jobs.
B. Farmers that stayed behind after the Dust Bowl.
C. Bankers that tried to sell repossessed farms during the Dust Bowl.
D. Farmers that took emergency loans from the federal government during the Dust Bowl.
A. Farmers and Ranchers from Oklahoma that moved out west in search of jobs.
The Grapes of Wrath was written by which writer during the Great Depression?
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. John Locke
C. Dorothea Lange
D. John Steinbeck
D. John Steinbeck
Which New Deal Program was struck down by the Supreme Court?
A. NRA
B. SEC
C. Social Security
D. FDIC
A. NRA
Which of the following answer choices puts the 3 R's of the New Deal in correct order?
A. Relief, Recovery, Reform
B. Reform, Recovery, Relief
C. Recovery, Relief, Reform
D. Relief, Rebuild, Recovery
A. Relief, Recovery, Reform
Which part of the country is most closely associated with the Dust Bowl?
A. The Northwest
B. The Midwest
C. The Southeast
D. The West Coast
B. The Midwest
Which New Deal program insures the money you deposit in a bank up to $250,000?
A. NRA
B. FDIC
C. SEC
D. AAA
B. FDIC
Which action is often viewed as the most serious attempt to undermine the independence of the judiciary?
A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court.
B. President Ronald Reagan's appointment of conservative Supreme Court justices.
C. Appointment of Supreme Court justices to unlimited terms of office
D. Periodic increases in the salaries and benefits of Supreme Court justices.
A. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to reorganize the Supreme Court.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
A. Securities and Exchange Commission
B. Works Progress Administration
C. Civilian Conservation Corps
D. Federal Emergency Relief Act
A. Securities and Exchange Commission
What were the two biggest contributing factors to the Dust Bowl?
A. Crop overproduction and crop rotation.
B. Crop rotation and drought.
C. Drought and wildfires.
D. Crop overproduction and excessive rainfall.
B. Crop rotation and drought.
What was the name people gave homeless encampments during the Great Depression?
A. Shantytowns
B. Hoovervilles
C. Internment Camps
D. Homeless Shelters
B. Hoovervilles
President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to pack the United States Supreme Court, but Congress did not support him. This situation is an example of —
A. the use of the system of checks and balances
B. Congress undermining the separation of powers.
C. how federalism was preserved by one branch of government.
D. the president ignoring the constitution.
A. the use of the system of checks and balances
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to —
A. abandon capitalism in favor of socialism.
B. return to an economic policy of laissez-faire.
C. have government take an active role in solving economic problems.
D. continue the social and economic policies of the Hoover administration.
C. have government take an active role in solving economic problems.
The term "Dust Bowl" is most closely associated with which historical circumstance?
A. A major drought that occurred during the 1930s.
B. An increase in pollution during the 1960s.
C. The migration to the Sun Belt in the 1970s.
D. Logging practices in the Pacific Northwest in the 1950s.
A. A major drought that occurred during the 1930s.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
A. An author from the "Lost Generation" of writers that wrote about the Great Depression.
B. A photographer that documented the struggles and hardships of that Great Depression.
C. A famous radio host during the Great Depression.
D. A popular musician from Tin Pan Alley.
B. A photographer that documented the struggles and hardships of that Great Depression.
A major reason that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed adding justices to the Supreme Court in 1937 was to —
A. ensure the appointment of members of minority groups to New Deal agencies.
B. influence Supreme Court decisions related to New Deal programs.
C. make the Supreme Court processes more democratic.
D. end corruption and favoritism in handling cases.
B. influence Supreme Court decisions related to New Deal programs.
A lasting effect of the New Deal has been a belief that government should —
A. own the principal means of producing goods and services.
B. assume responsibility for its citizens' well-being.
C. allow natural market forces to determine economic conditions.
D. always maintain a balanced federal budget.
B. assume responsibility for its citizens' well-being.
One way in which the Gold Rush in 1849 and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s are similar is that both resulted in —
A. the removal of Native American Indians to reservations.
B. a war with other countries.
C. an increase in westward migration.
D. the sale of cheap federal land.
C. an increase in westward migration.
Why did many United States farmers fail to benefit from the economic prosperity of the 1920s?
A. Farm exports were heavily taxed at the state level.
B. Agricultural goods were overproduced.
C. No technological advances were made in agriculture.
D. Levels of farm production declined.
B. Agricultural goods were overproduced.