FDR's First Inaugural Address Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around FDR's First Inaugural Address? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The decade before the stock market crash was one of significant cultural and economic development for the United States. Which of the following is not a phrase used to describe this period?
The Dirty Dozen
Roaring Twenties
The Jazz Age
The Harlem Renaissance
Q. As the Great Depression forced more and more people out of their homes, shantytowns began popping up in cities across the United States, including right in the middle of Central Park. What was the name given to these set-ups?
Hardingtons
Roosevelteries
Hoovervilles
Taft-towns
Q. What was the term used to cover the many different progressive programs created by Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression?
Business as Usual
New Deal
Helping Hands
Progressive Programs
Q. In what state did Roosevelt cut his political teeth in the state senate and later as governor?
New York
New Jersey
New Mexico
New Hampshire
Q. During the Great Recession, the largest economic downturn since the big one, unemployment rates peaked at 10 percent. What were the rates like in the depths of the Great Depression, right when President Roosevelt took office?
7 percent
15 percent
25 percent
30 percent