Great Depression & New Deal

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Franklin Roosevelt's immediate response to the banking crisis after becoming president was to

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declare a bank holiday that closed banks in the US for several days.

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Social Security was a New Deal program designed to

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provide a minimum retirement income

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What New Deal program employed large numbers of artists and writers during the Great Depression?

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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How did New Deal programs and policies change the role of the federal government in domestic affairs?

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The federal government expanded its role by providing for the welfare of its citizens.

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The economic depression of the 1930s was ended by the: demand for manufactured goods caused by WWII, effects of the New Deal on the United States economy, removal of federal regulations on the stock market, "baby boom" and the resulting rise of suburbs

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demand for manufactured goods caused by WWII

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Which factor contributed to the stock market crash of 1929? Options: overspeculation, government regulation of big business, decreased investment in business, increased agricultural prices

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overspeculation

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Which economic policy did President FDR use to respond to the Great Depression? Options: supply-side, laissez-faire, deficit spending, global interdependence

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deficit spending

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After the Supreme Court ruled that several New Deal programs were unconstitutional, how did FDR try to influence future decisions of the Court?

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by trying to increase the number of justices

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FDR's New Deal was based on the three Rs. Which of the following is not one of the three Rs? Relief, Recovery, Reform, Restitution

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Restitution

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Why were prices for goods and people's wages very low in 1932?

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high unemployment rates due to the Great Depression