[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim

Date:____________________
[Quiz] Chapter 15: The New Deal

Question 1:
How did the New Deal support labor organizations?

Question 2
Do you think Roosevelt was wrong to try to “pack” the Supreme Court with those in favor of
the New Deal?

Question 3
Why was the Wagner Act significant?
[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim
Date:____________________
Question 4
Whom did Social Security help? Why might the Social Security Act be considered the most
important achievement of the New Deal?

Question 5
What factors contributed to Americans’ growing isolationism?

Question 6
Why was the “Black Cabinet” important to the Roosevelt administration?

Question 7
In your opinion, did organized labor become too powerful in the 1930s?
[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim
Date:____________________

Question 8
Why do you think movies were so popular during the Depression?

Question 9

How did the literature of the time reflect issues of the Depression?

Question 10

Why was the establishment of the Social Security system such an important part of the New
Deal?
[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim
Date:____________________
[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim
Date:____________________
Question 11

What steps did women take toward equality during the 1930s?

Think About:

 the role of women in government

 hiring practices in federal programs
 women’s opportunities in business and industry
[Grade 11] American History Student Name: Joyce Ghim
Date:____________________