Random US Questions
What was the Middle Passage?
Slave trade route across the Atlantic Ocean.
What were "Hoovervilles"?
Shantytowns set up by homeless citizens during the Great Depression .
What was the name of FDR's plan to help America through the Great Depression?
New Deal
How did Eleanor Roosevelt change the role of the First Lady?
Role went from being ceremonial to taking on a more active role in society.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Established in 1933
• Insures bank deposits
• Reduces instability caused by bank failures
Which conclusion is best supported by the list?
A. Regulations on financial institutions led to a decrease in state revenues.
B. Financial institutions were taken over by the national government.
C. National markets were collectivized to stabilize the economy.
D. Government reforms helped restore confidence in the economy
D. Government reforms helped restore confidence in the economy.
The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on....
Agriculture
How did overproduction and underconsumption lead to the Great Depression?
Caused prices to fall on goods.
Who were the two biggest challengers of FDR's New Deal programs?
Huey Long and the Supreme Court.
What was the name of Huey Long's plan to help America during the Great Depression?
Share-Our-Wealth Plan
What are the 3 R's of FDR's New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Explain 2 parts of the American System.
Protective Tariff
Recharter of the National Bank
Building roads and canals
What were the two causes of the Dust Bowl?
Drought and overcultivation (overproduction of crops).
Explain the Social Security Act enacted during the New Deal.
It established a government-run insurance program for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
Who (name the person) was blamed for causing the Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover
What states, or area of the country, did the Dust Bowl take place in?
Central part- Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
What was the impact of Shay's Rebellion?
Shows the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and leads to a call to revise the Articles (eventually we will get rid of the Articles)
Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to which US state?
California
How did the Tennessee Valley Authority improve the lives of people in rural areas of Southern states?
Provided electricity and flood control to the region.
In early 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt submitted to Congress a “Judicial Procedures Reform Bill” which would increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
What was President Roosevelt’s motivation for submitting this plan?
A. He opposed rulings that declared New Deal legislation unconstitutional.
B. He wanted to demonstrate political support for the principle of rule of law.
C. He objected to decisions that weakened strategic relations with Great Britain.
D. He was committed to uphold the governmental principle of separation of powers.
A. He opposed rulings that declared New Deal legislation unconstitutional.
In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for president and campaigned on a platform to help “the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.”
Which group was President Roosevelt discussing?
Unemployed people.
Which President was most connected to the idea of manifest Destiny?
James K. Polk
Which of the following is not a reason for the Great Depression?
A. People were buying stocks on credit.
B. The closure of banks as people took out all their money
C. The federal government had too much control over the economy.
D. Goods were being produced at a rate higher than consumers were buying.
C. The federal government had too much control over the economy.
Explain the main motivation behind Franklin D. Roosevelt's court packing scheme.
To stack the Supreme Court with sympathetic judges who would support his New Deal policies.
1933 : Worked to build a planned community to help homeless miners in West Virginia
1933 : Visited the "Bonus Army" veterans at their muddy campsite and listened to their concerns after their harsh treatment from Herbert Hoover
1939 : Helped arrange a concert at the Lincoln Memorial for African-American singer Marian Anderson
All of the following events describe which person?
Eleanor Roosevelt
March 1933—President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a four-day bank holiday to prevent the export of gold out of the country.
April 1933—President Roosevelt issued an order to make it illegal to hoard all forms of gold.
• June 1933—The United States abandoned the gold standard.
• August 1933—An executive order was issued to further regulate gold hoarding and exportation.
Why were these policies enacted by the U.S. government?
To help fix/stabilize the economy