The New Deal Review

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Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

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Social Security Administration

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Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

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High unemploment

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The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.

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FDIC

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The Tennessee Valley Authority was created in 1933 to improve economic conditions in a poor rural regions of 7 states. Which is NOT a state that was served by the TVA: Tennessee, Kentucky, Iowa, Mississippi?

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Iowa

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The stock market crash and the dollar’s rapid decline in value, resulted in many Americans to conduct “runs” on which of the following?

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banks

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Which New Deal program employed young men to work on various projects to improve the country?

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by

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paying them not to grow crops

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The TVA provided ________ for rural citizens.

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Electricity

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What is the NRA?

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National Recovery Administration