Multiple Choice Chapter 23 Self-Quiz 1

. Which of Franklin D. Roosevelt's statements in his first inaugural address did his audience cheer for loudest?

Our country is going through a crippling depression.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Roosevelt would seek broad executive power against the emergency of the Depression.

This is the time to speak the truth, most frankly and boldly.

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During the Great Depression, why was the estimate of 15 million unemployed Americans for the winter of 1932-1933 probably underestimated?

Many southern states refused to report their unemployment figures.

During the lame duck months under Hoover, bureaucrats counted haphazardly.

It did not count unemployed women and men under the age of 25.

It did not count those working just a few hours per week or sharecroppers.

. How did President Herbert Hoover respond to demands that the federal government aid the unemployed?

He declined with regret, explaining that the money simply wasn't there.

He insisted that the federal government had no obligation to the unemployed.

He embraced the principle, but getting welfare to work was difficult.

He insisted that poverty and hunger were good for the nation's character.

. According to Frances Perkins, Roosevelt's suffering from polio

turned him into a bitter man.

made him appreciate his wife's loyalty.

made him more serious and empathetic.

also affected his mental capabilities.

. Between the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in November 1932 and his inauguration in March 1933,

the economy began to recover.

the economy took a further tumble.

the international climate improved considerably.

His predecessor Hoover initiated the first New Deal measures.

. By most estimates, the number of Americans who listened to Franklin D. Roosevelt's first fireside chat on March 12, 1933 comprised

60 percent of the population.

no more than 40,000.

only Anglo-Saxon, middle-class people.

half of all adult Americans.

. The Civilian Conservation Corps was meant to mitigate

youth unemployment.

female underemployment.

agricultural failures.

the suffering of veterans.

. The Wagner Act changed the dynamics between laborers and employers when it established

the Works Progress Administration.

the AFL-CIO.

the American Federation of Labor.

the National Labor Relations Board.

. Which of the following was legislation passed during the second one hundred days in 1935?

Works Progress Administration

Civilian Conservation Corps

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Agricultural Adjustment Act

. Who pushed the Roosevelt administration to drop its plans for a modest national health insurance plan?

the tobacco industry

the nation's brewers

the American Medical Association

the National Economics Association

. What did Franklin D. Roosevelt call his opponents and corporate critics during the 1936 election campaign?

un-American traitors

greedy fascists

economic royalists

the 1 percent

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Which of the following did President Franklin D. Roosevelt call his 'legs'?

Harry Truman

Eleanor Roosevelt

Harry Hopkins

Al Smith

. Which of the following art forms received the least amount of support from WPA programs during the New Deal?

movies

theater

dance

arts

. What share of black American households received some form of income from the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s?

less than 10 percent

almost 15 percent

approximately 33 percent

over 60 percent

. Which of the following groups were the most reluctant supporters of the New Deal?

southern white Democrats

African Americans

union members

the unemployed

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