Q 01/05

What did Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 inaugural address call the only thing Americans had to be afraid of?

A) Fear itself

B) Wall Street greed

C) Idle factories

D) Another war

Answer · why

A) Fear itself

Fear itself was the enemy, Roosevelt told tens of millions of radio listeners at the depth of the Depression. In the same speech he warned that he mig...

Q 02/05

Which drink did the Cullen–Harrison Act make legal again in April 1933, weeks into Franklin Roosevelt's first term?

A) Brandy

B) Whiskey

C) Beer

D) Vodka

Answer · why

C) Beer

Beer of up to 3.2 percent alcohol went back on sale on April 7, 1933, a date now marked as National Beer Day. Signing the law, Roosevelt remarked that...

Q 03/05

Which presidential retreat, called Shangri-La by Franklin Roosevelt, began as a site built by New Deal relief workers?

A) Warm Springs

B) Hyde Park

C) Sagamore Hill

D) Camp David

Answer · why

D) Camp David

Camp David was finished in 1938 as Hi-Catoctin, a getaway for federal employees and their families in the Maryland mountains. Dwight Eisenhower rename...

Q 04/05

Which metal did Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102 require Americans to turn in to the Federal Reserve in 1933?

A) Silver

B) Gold

C) Copper

D) Platinum

Answer · why

B) Gold

Gold coins, bullion and certificates had to be handed over at $20.67 an ounce, though jewelers and dentists were exempt. Owning it privately stayed re...

Q 05/05

Which future president ran the Texas branch of the New Deal's National Youth Administration in his twenties?

A) Richard Nixon

B) John F. Kennedy

C) Lyndon Johnson

D) Ronald Reagan

Answer · why

C) Lyndon Johnson

Lyndon Johnson took the job in 1935 at 26 and quit two years later to run for Congress. The agency offered work and schooling to Americans aged 16 to ...