AP®HistoryCollege BoardUS HistoryExam QuestionsPeriod 7: 1890-1945The New Deal

The New Deal (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

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US election poster featuring a man in a suit, encouraging action and leadership. Text includes "We Need Action!" and promotes electing "Roosevelt" on November 8th.
An advert in the Seattle Star, 1932

What does the above image reflect about the decade? 

  • Widening divide between industrial and economic workers across America

  • Corruption within state governments caused the mismanagement of public finances

  • Declining public trust in the federal government to recover the economy

  • Criticism from employers over the productivity of the national workforce

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21 mark
US election poster featuring a man in a suit, encouraging action and leadership. Text includes "We Need Action!" and promotes electing "Roosevelt" on November 8th.
An advert in the Seattle Star, 1932

A reader who supported the sentiment of the cartoon above would most likely have been in support of which of the following?

  • The New Deal

  • The government’s treatment of the Bonus Marchers

  • “Rugged individualism”

  • The “court-packing plan”

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31 mark
US election poster featuring a man in a suit, encouraging action and leadership. Text includes "We Need Action!" and promotes electing "Roosevelt" on November 8th.
An advert in the Seattle Star, 1932

The election of Roosevelt in 1932 was significant for

  • Appointing the first President from an impoverished background

  • Resolving the U.S. economy through ideology, rather than policies

  • Winning the biggest proportion of the popular vote

  • The government’s abandonment of its laissez-faire principles

Choose your answer