3. Which of the following was a relief effort under the Hoover administration?

A.
The federal government passed a wide-ranging stimulus bill that included funding for jobs programs.

B.
Hoover urged banks to loosen their lending regulations to rescue farmers in need of assistance and loans.

C.
Hoover passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act to help regulate the depressed prices of crops and other goods.

D.
The federal government funded private relief efforts, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the YMCA.

4. Drag each of the factors that caused the Dust Bowl to the correct category. Each category matches with two examples.

A drought struck in 1931.

Massive wind storms swept across the area.

Many farmers mortgaged their farms and borrowed money against the profits.

The demand for crops decreased and prices dropped after World War I.

Human Factors Geographic Factors

5. Read the following passage, “The Ordeal of Herbert Hoover.” Then answer the question.

Will Rogers summed up the mood of a nation: If someone bit an apple and found a worm in it, he joked, Hoover would get the blame. Desperate encampments of tin and cardboard shacks were dubbed “Hoovervilles.” There were “Hoover hogs” (armadillos fit for eating), “Hoover flags” (empty pockets turned inside out), “Hoover blankets” (newspapers barely covering the destitute forced to sleep outdoors), and “Hoover Pullmans” (empty boxcars used by an army of vagabonds escaping from their roots)...

He shied away as if by instinct from the emotional aspects of modern, mass leadership. In the spring of 1932, three Detroit children hitchhiked to Washington to try to get their father out of jail. Hoover was deeply moved and ordered the father released immediately. Yet he refused to let the press be informed or the children exploited for his personal political advantage.

6. Which piece of legislation passed by President Roosevelt was designed to regulate banking and investment and protect consumers?

A.
the Glass-Steagall Act

B.
the Interstate Commerce Act

C.
the Federal Emergency Relief Act

D.
the Civilian Conservation Corps

8. How did the New Deal farm relief efforts lead to the creation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union?

A.
The union was designed to help all farmers improve their crop yields and productivity.

B.
The union was founded because New Deal programs disproportionately helped large commercial farms.

C.
The union was opposed to helping tenant farmers and sharecroppers, which were mostly African American.

D.
The union’s efforts were focused on helping large commercial farms to compete in the global marketplace.

9.Which piece of New Deal legislation established a federal minimum wage, set a 40-hour work week, and prohibited child labor for those younger than 16?

A.
Fair Labor Standards Act

B.
Agricultural Adjustment Act

C.
Works Progress Administration

D.
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act

10. What did Franklin Roosevelt do when the Supreme Court struck down several key pieces of New Deal legislation?

A.
Roosevelt accused the Supreme Court justices of malpractice and overreaching their authority.

B.
Roosevelt successfully added more Supreme Court justices to the bench that supported his policies.

C.
Roosevelt failed at a “court packing” plan but persuaded the Supreme Court justices to support his programs.

D.
Roosevelt lobbied for certain justices to be replaced after they challenged New Deal legislation