Chapter 23 Review

Choose the letter of the best answer.

 

____ 1.  What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?

A.  He called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust."

B.  He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court.

C.  He closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections.

D. He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief.

 

____ 2.  Who was the first woman to serve in the  cabinet?

A.  Arlene Francis

B.  Frances Perkins

C.  Eleanor Roosevelt

D. Mary McLeod Bethune

 

____ 3.  Which of the following was a goal of the New  Deal?

A.  regulate the stock market

B.  deregulate the nation's banking system

C.  decrease prices of farm goods

D. increase crop production

 

____ 4. 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 Administration

 

____ 5.  Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment  Act?

A.  to increase farm production

B.  to raise prices of farm products

C.  to provide pensions for retired farmers

D. to encourage more people to enter farming

 

____ 6. Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

A.  Wagner Act

B.  Social Security Act

C.  Emergency Banking Relief Act

D. National Industrial Recovery Act

 

____ 7.  What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt  administration?

A.  She served as a cabinet member.

B.  She focused on being an excellent hostess.

C.  She was an important advisor on foreign policy.

D. She was an important advisor on domestic policy.

____ 8.  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. per capita income

 

____ 9.  Which of the following of Roosevelt's ideas failed to become a  law?

A.  federally supported loans for housing

B.  the reorganization of the Supreme Court

C.  the establishment of regional planning authorities

D. the creation of a federally supported pension program

 

____ 10. Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression?

A.  Grant Wood

B.  John Steinbeck

C.  Richard Wright

D. Dorothea Lange

Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.

 

____ 11.  Which of the following rivers appears to have the most dams built on  it?

A.  Ohio River

B.  Tennessee River

C.  Cumberland River

D. Clinch River

 

____ 12.  Which is the northernmost dam illustrated on this  map?

A.  Guntersville

B.  Fort Patrick Henry

C.  Kentucky

D. Norris

 

____ 13.  According to the map, which river in Tennessee does not have any dams built on  it?

A.  Ohio River

B.  Cumberland River

C.  Clinch River

D. Duck River

____ 14. If you were traveling east along the Tennessee River, which dam would you encounter next after passing the Wheeler Dam?

A.  Wilson

B.  Guntersville

C.  Nickajack

D. Pickwick Landing

 

____ 15. Approximately how many miles is it, measuring in a straight line, from the Kentucky Dam to the Pickwick Landing Dam?

A.  50 miles

B.  100 miles

C.  150 miles

               D. 200 miles






  ____ 16.  In the cartoon, the "NRA Death Warrant" represents ___.

A.  the NRA's limiting the production of goods

B.  Roosevelt's attempts to silence New Deal critics

C.  the NRA's putting an end to child labor

D. the Supreme Court's declaring the NIRA unconstitutional

1. C             2. B                3. A         4. D        5. B           6. D         7. D       8. C         9. B           10. B       11. B         12. C      13. D       14. B         15. C          16. D         17. B

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