16-5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. What did Hoover believe was the key to economic recovery for the nation?
Confidence
02. Hoover said the Great Depression was due to what?
World-Wide Economic Condition
03. Hoover believed that which type of business controls had to be implemented?
Voluntary
04. Which famous dam was built during the Hoover administration?
Boulder Dam
05. What was Boulder Dam renamed?
Hoover Dam
06. Which group in the Hoover administration advised local relief programs?
President’s Emergency Committee on Employment
07. Which tariff was issued during the Hoover administration?
Hawley-Smoot
08. What type of tariff was Hawley-Smoot?
Protective
09. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff resulted in what?
Tariff War
10. What action did Hoover take due to the repercussions of Hawley-Smoot?
Suspend Allies’ war debt payments
11. What does RFC stand for?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
12. The RFC distributed money to whom?
Banks
13. The RFC hoped that what would be extended to the people?
Loans
14. The RFC embraced the theory that which people had to receive financial assistance first?
Wealthy
15. Why was much of the populace opposed to the RFC?
Helped Rich—Poor Hungry
16. Hoover expected who to oversee relief programs for the people?
State/Local Governments
17. How successful was the RFC regarding its main goal?
Banks continued to Fail
18. Hoover was opposed to direct federal relief for which two reasons?
Destroy People’s Self-Respect
Create Huge Bureaucracy
19. What nickname did Hoover receive for his relief work during World War I?
Great Humanitarian
20. Under Hoover’s RFC, unemployment relief funds were given directly to whom?
States
21. Who was the preeminent economist of the 1930s?
John Maynard Keynes
22. Keynesian economics focused on which two actions to bring economic recovery?
Massive Government Spending
Increased Private Spending
23. Which event was the low point of the Hoover administration?
March on Washington/Veterans March
24. The Veteran March involved former individuals of which war?
World War I
25. The Veterans March took place where?
Washington, D.C.
26. The Veterans March focused the issuance of which item?
Pension Bonus
27. What nickname was given to the individuals that participated in the Veterans March?
Bonus Marchers
28. Which military officer oversaw the removal of the veterans?
Douglas MacArthur
30. What did FDR promise the people if he was elected?
New Deal
31. FDR was a member of which political party?
Democratic
32. FDR proclaimed his New Deal at which event? Which city?
National Democratic Convention
Chicago
33. What was the theme song of the Democratic Party in the 1932 election?
”Happy Days are Here Again”
34. Who was FDR’s wife?
Eleanor Roosevelt
35. Which position did FDR hold in a previous presidential cabinet?
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
36. FDR was a member of which presidential cabinet?
Woodrow Wilson
37. FDR was the vice-presidential candidate in which election?
1920
38. Which physical ailment did FDR incur in 1921?
Polio
39. Where did FDR recover from his physical ailment?
Warm Springs, Georgia
40. How was FDR’s wife related to Teddy Roosevelt?
Niece
41. Which jobs had Eleanor Roosevelt previously held?
Boarding School Teacher
Settlement House Worker
42. How were Eleanor and Franklin related before their marriage?
Cousins
43. Eleanor focused on legislation in which areas?
Public Housing, State Government Reform, Birth Control, Working Conditions for Women
44. Which political position did FDR seek in 1928?
New York Governor
45. Why did FDR have such compassion for ordinary individuals? Why was this empathy surprising?
Polio—Wealthy
46. Hoover believed the 1932 election wasn’t just a campaign between two men but also a contest between two what?
Philosophies of Government
47. Which former supporters of the Democratic Party supported FDR in 1932?
Urban Workers; Coal Miners; Immigrants (Catholic/Jewish)
48. Rather than voting for FDR many did what?
Voted against Hoover
49. According to FDR, what was the only thing Americans had to fear?
Fear
Confidence
02. Hoover said the Great Depression was due to what?
World-Wide Economic Condition
03. Hoover believed that which type of business controls had to be implemented?
Voluntary
04. Which famous dam was built during the Hoover administration?
Boulder Dam
05. What was Boulder Dam renamed?
Hoover Dam
06. Which group in the Hoover administration advised local relief programs?
President’s Emergency Committee on Employment
07. Which tariff was issued during the Hoover administration?
Hawley-Smoot
08. What type of tariff was Hawley-Smoot?
Protective
09. The Hawley-Smoot Tariff resulted in what?
Tariff War
10. What action did Hoover take due to the repercussions of Hawley-Smoot?
Suspend Allies’ war debt payments
11. What does RFC stand for?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
12. The RFC distributed money to whom?
Banks
13. The RFC hoped that what would be extended to the people?
Loans
14. The RFC embraced the theory that which people had to receive financial assistance first?
Wealthy
15. Why was much of the populace opposed to the RFC?
Helped Rich—Poor Hungry
16. Hoover expected who to oversee relief programs for the people?
State/Local Governments
17. How successful was the RFC regarding its main goal?
Banks continued to Fail
18. Hoover was opposed to direct federal relief for which two reasons?
Destroy People’s Self-Respect
Create Huge Bureaucracy
19. What nickname did Hoover receive for his relief work during World War I?
Great Humanitarian
20. Under Hoover’s RFC, unemployment relief funds were given directly to whom?
States
21. Who was the preeminent economist of the 1930s?
John Maynard Keynes
22. Keynesian economics focused on which two actions to bring economic recovery?
Massive Government Spending
Increased Private Spending
23. Which event was the low point of the Hoover administration?
March on Washington/Veterans March
24. The Veteran March involved former individuals of which war?
World War I
25. The Veterans March took place where?
Washington, D.C.
26. The Veterans March focused the issuance of which item?
Pension Bonus
27. What nickname was given to the individuals that participated in the Veterans March?
Bonus Marchers
28. Which military officer oversaw the removal of the veterans?
Douglas MacArthur
30. What did FDR promise the people if he was elected?
New Deal
31. FDR was a member of which political party?
Democratic
32. FDR proclaimed his New Deal at which event? Which city?
National Democratic Convention
Chicago
33. What was the theme song of the Democratic Party in the 1932 election?
”Happy Days are Here Again”
34. Who was FDR’s wife?
Eleanor Roosevelt
35. Which position did FDR hold in a previous presidential cabinet?
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
36. FDR was a member of which presidential cabinet?
Woodrow Wilson
37. FDR was the vice-presidential candidate in which election?
1920
38. Which physical ailment did FDR incur in 1921?
Polio
39. Where did FDR recover from his physical ailment?
Warm Springs, Georgia
40. How was FDR’s wife related to Teddy Roosevelt?
Niece
41. Which jobs had Eleanor Roosevelt previously held?
Boarding School Teacher
Settlement House Worker
42. How were Eleanor and Franklin related before their marriage?
Cousins
43. Eleanor focused on legislation in which areas?
Public Housing, State Government Reform, Birth Control, Working Conditions for Women
44. Which political position did FDR seek in 1928?
New York Governor
45. Why did FDR have such compassion for ordinary individuals? Why was this empathy surprising?
Polio—Wealthy
46. Hoover believed the 1932 election wasn’t just a campaign between two men but also a contest between two what?
Philosophies of Government
47. Which former supporters of the Democratic Party supported FDR in 1932?
Urban Workers; Coal Miners; Immigrants (Catholic/Jewish)
48. Rather than voting for FDR many did what?
Voted against Hoover
49. According to FDR, what was the only thing Americans had to fear?
Fear