New Deal

New Deal

Learning Target

I will describe how the NEW DEAL impacted the lives of Americans.

FDR NOTES

• In 1932, Herbert Hoover was not reelected. The American people voted for Franklin Roosevelt.

• He believed the government needed to take BOLD action to help with the Great Depression.

• He promised America a NEW DEAL.

New Deal NOTES

• The New Deal was FDR's plan to help America out of the Great Depression.

• It focused on three big areas: Relief, Recovery, and Reform.

WPA Notes

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• This was a part of the New Deal.

• This program gave people jobs building roads, bridges, parks, and schools.

TVA NOTES

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• Gave people jobs building dams. Some dams also provided electricity.

CCC NOTES

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Gave jobs to young men (18-25) planting trees and maintaining national parks.

SSA NOTES

• This New Deal program is still around today.

• This helps take care of elderly and disabled people.

Multiple Choice

The New Deal was divided into 3 categories: relief for immediate help, reform to fix problems, and _________________________ to help the people and nation “get back on their feet”. 

• reinvent
• radicalize
• recovery
• reissue 

Multiple Choice

This New Deal program built dams that provided hydroelectric power to many rural areas in Tennessee, northern Georgia, northern Alabama. _____

• GAP
• RAV
• TVA
• RCA

Multiple Choice

The _____ built roads, bridges, parks, airports, and other public facilities.

• WPA
• TVA
• SPL
• FDR

Multiple Choice

This program hired young men ages 18-26 who were unemployed and paid them to work mostly on outdoor projects. 

• Civilian Conservation Core (CCC)
• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority 
• The New Deal

Multiple Choice

Which program sets up a tax to help benefit retired people?

• FDIC
• Social Security
• TVA
• WPA

Multiple Choice

Which program cleared the river valley in Tennesee and brought electricity to these rural parts near the river?

• CCC
• WPA
• TVA
• FDIC

Multiple Choice

Which program builds wildlife perserves and plants trees?

• CCC
• TVA
• WPA
• FDIC

Multiple Choice

Which program built roads, schools, buildings, libraries, etc?

• Social Security
• FDIC
• CCC
• WPA

Multiple Choice

What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?

• by eliminating trading on the stock market
• by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
• by creating jobs through various new programs
• by giving people money through new bank laws

Multiple Choice

The _______________________ was FDR's plan to help get the economy going again and help the unemployed find jobs.

• Hoovervilles
• German race
• The New Deal
• Pearl Harbor