Q.1
Who ran against FDR in 1932 for the Republicans?
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Robert Taft
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Charles Curtis
Q.2
In the so-called Alphabet Agencies FDR planned to spend federal money on new infrastructure. One - the TVA - was restricted to one state. Which state was this?
  • Texas
  • Tennessee
  • Vermont
  • Alabama
Q.3
Some of America's brightest graduates worked for FDR, providing policy advice. What was this group called?
  • The Three Wise Men
  • The Policy Wonks
  • The Treasury Advisory Committee
  • The Brain Trust
Q.4
Roosevelt simplified his aims in the First New Deal into the three R's. What did they stand for?
  • Recompense, Renewal and Rebirth
  • Relief, Recovery and Reform
  • Renaissance, Redemption and Revival
  • Remedy, Resource and Reformation
Q.5
How did FDR like to communicate to the American people what he was trying to achieve?
  • By radio
  • By TV
  • Through articles in popular newspapers
  • By large public meetings on regular tours of the country
Q.6
What had been Roosevelt's previous job before becoming President?
  • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  • Head of a private business corporation
  • Governor of New York State
  • Mayor of New York City
Q.7
Which song did FDR choose as his campaign anthem in 1932?
  • "Somewhere over the Rainbow"
  • "Oh! What a beautiful morning!"
  • "Happy Days are here again!"
  • "You'll never walk alone"
Q.8
FDR's first statement to the American people concerned the banking crisis. He was especially worried by "bank runs". What are these?
  • Banks refusing to let their customers take money out of their accounts
  • Banks becoming bankrupt as more and more customers removed their money, causing a frenzy to develop
  • Banks refusing to pay interest on any kind of account
  • Banks paying customers' deposits into inaccessible foreign accounts
Q.9
FDR earned early popularity by repealing a measure passed over twenty years before. What name is given to this law?
  • Deconstruction
  • Prohibition
  • Austerity
  • The Liquor Law
Q.10
Roosevelt carried out major reforms in the early period of the First New Deal. What name was given to this heady time?
  • The 100 Days
  • The Six Weeks War on Poverty
  • The Year to Remember
  • The Time for Change
0 h : 0 m : 1 s