Chapter 22

Quiz for Chapter Twenty-Two Thinking Like a Historian: The New Deal and Public Works

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Question 1

In source 1, Harold Ickes, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s secretary of the interior, makes a case for the benefits of which of the following?A. New Deal liberalism
B. Environmental conservation
C. Preserving capitalism
D. Progressive taxation

Question 2

Sources 1 and 5 suggest that the New Deal’s programs would lead to which of the following outcomes?A. Skyrocketing national debt
B. Widespread indolence and unemployment
C. A stronger democracy
D. Richer human experiences

Question 3

What does source 2 suggest about who would benefit from the New Deal?A. People who refused to work
B. Private businesses
C. The federal government
D. The wealthy

Question 4

Progressive-era reformers typically viewed industrialization as the source of social ills. These sources suggest that New Dealers viewed industrialization asA. the source of the nation’s social and economic problems.
B. a destructive force.
C. a force that could be harnessed for social progress.
D. a panacea.