Roosevelt and the New Deal UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Roosevelt And The New Deal
Roosevelt and the New Deal UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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The New Deal - CORRECT ANSWER- Declining appeal of Hoover to the public led to
the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Roosevelt's extensive program to restore the
economy made up ____Overall, these legislative ...
Roosevelt and the New Deal UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The New Deal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Declining appeal of Hoover to the public led to
the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Roosevelt's extensive program to restore the
economy made up ____Overall, these legislative measures dealt with assisting people
financially, reform other systems and institutions, and recover the prosperity before the
Depression. While not all were entirely successful, the various programs all contributed to the
eventual, though gradual, recovery of the economy.
Age of the Radio - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- This reached its climax in the 1930s when
millions of Americans listened to network news commentators, musical programs, and
comedy shows. Also, the president and business companies utilized this resource to attract
people, sell products, or to promote a political issue.
Fireside Chats - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- During the first hundred days of Franklin
Roosevelt's first term in office Roosevelt held informal radio conversations every so often
that were dubbed _______. The topic discussed was the economy that had been plagued by
the depression, and the means that were going to be taken in order to revive it.
Eleanor Roosevelt - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Portrayed as a U.S. humanitarian and
displayed her politics and social issues as a wife of FDR. She mostly fought for women and
minority groups. Many of her books include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
This Is My Story and On My Own.
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Being the first woman to
be appointed to a Cabinet position (1933-1945), she was also a social reformer. During her
term, she strengthened the Department of Labor, pushed for a limit on employment age, and
developed the CCC, the Social Security Act, and Fair Labor Standards Act (1938).
Brain Trust - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The term ____refers to the individual people
outside the Franklin Roosevelt appointed presidential cabinet that helped in the decision
making process of the president. The men most known are: Raymond Moley, Rexford
Tugwell, and Adolph A. Berle. Moley was conservative while Tugwell and Berle were
interested in reform.
, Keynesian economics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Keynes looked at the economy in a wider
sense: macroeconomics. He theorized that the relationship between supply and demand was
critical: when the demand doesn't meet expectations there is unemployment and depression
while if demand surpasses production inflation occurs. The solution is to have the
government spend while maintaining low taxes and when there is demand that a tight budget
should be created.
Pump-priming - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Supported by Roosevelt, this theory pumped
governmental money to the poor so they could buy products. This would increase sales and
cause a demand for that product. This demand in turn will produce jobs for the poor. Now
that the poor have jobs they have the necessary income to buy products and this cycle occurs
again.
Deficit spending - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The manner in which the government spends
more than it receives is refered to as ______. This is done to stimulate the economy through
the rise in government costs or due to the decrease of taxation. On the other hand, it is also
seen as inefficiency of government spending.
Monetary policy, fiscal policy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The policy gave government
control of the money supply and created a high economic rate to stabilized prices and wages.
_____is regulation of trade between domestic or foreign goods. Import duties are still
possible, but it makes an exception because its purpose is to raise revenue.
New Deal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- In light of the Great Depression, FDR proposed a
series of relief and emergency measures known collectively as the ____. Through these
measures, FDR intended to revive the lost prosperity of the economy by reforming other
institutions and programs, by relieving the plight of the people, and thus recover the nation's
wealth.
Hundred Days - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Measures taken during Roosevelt's first days in
office, from Mar 9 to Jun 16, enabled FDR to pass acts critical to stabilizing the economy.
The ______symbolized the beginning stages of the New Deal because the measures taken
focused on relief, recovery and reform: key phrases from the New Deal itself.
Relief, Recovery, and Reform - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- These three areas, ___________,
are the categories into which the New Deal was split. The the first category was defined by
the acts implemented in the area of aid to the unemployment. The second category put forth
measures that would help aid in the speedy recovery of areas hit hardest by the depression
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