Blog #3 - NYS Regents Review Questions. Unit: Prosperity, Depression, and War

These are actual NYS Regents Exam questions, taken from past exams.  Throughout the year, we will prepare for the state exam by practicing with "real" questions.  When it is time for you to take "the test" it will be "a piece of cake!"

1.     One characteristic New Dealers shared with Roosevelt was their:

a.     pragmatic approach to problems

b.     belief in command economies

c.      socialistic philosophies

d.     escapist attitude

2.     Social Security symbolized reform, because it established

a.     insurance bank deposits

b.     pensions and unemployment insurance

c.      a federal minimum wage

d.     guaranteed employment for the jobless

3.     The Wagner Act symbolized reform because it

a.     created a national old-age pension system

b.     focused on reclaiming the “Dust Bowl”

c.      established collective bargaining rights

d.     provided for unemployment insurance

Please write your responses on a piece of paper and bring to class.  We will review the answers in class together.  Due Tuesday, April 18th.