FDR & The New Deal

FDR & The New Deal

Unit 6: Week 2, Tuesday & Wednesday

Multiple Choice

What does buying stock on margin mean?

• purchasing the stock outside the regular stock exchange
• buying the stock for someone else
• paying less than the market price of the stock
• borrowing money to help pay for the stock

Multiple Choice

During the Great Depression, the overall unemployment rate was about

• 100%
• 75%
• 25%
• 10%

Multiple Choice

A _______________ government is a government that basically governs least.

• Deficit
• National Debt
• Las Vegas
• Laissez Faire

Multiple Choice

What federal policy led to the expansion of the Federal Government?

• New Deal
• Return to Normalcy
• Fair Deal
• Great Deal

Multiple Choice

The TVA generated what for the people of the Tennessee River Valley?

• electricity
• oil
• fresh water
• natural gas

Multiple Choice

The New Deal program which primarily employed single, young men and worked to preserve parks and forests

• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Bureau of Land Management

Multiple Choice

Largest agency that employed over 9 million workers in construction and even performing arts. 

• CCC
• WPA
• TVA
• NRA

Multiple Choice

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess! Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the TVA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects

• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work

• they offered assistance to farmers

• they provided electricity to a poor region

Multiple Choice

18th Amendment

• Prohibits Women's Suffrage

• Prohibits Alcohol

• Prohibits Child Labor

• Prohibits immigrants from entering the country

Multiple Choice

21st Amendment

• Repeals 19th Amendment

• Repeals 18th Amendment

• Repeals 15th Amendment

• Repeals 17th Amendment

Multiple Choice

What New Deal agency monitors the stock market?

• FBI

• CCC

• FDIC

• SEC

Multiple Choice

The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Presidency in 1932 reflected the desire of many Americans to -

• have government take an active role in solving economic problems

• return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism

• continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration

Open Ended

How did FDR help restore the economy? What were some of the things he did to help the American people feel more safe with their money?

Multiple Choice

This Program helped retirees

• Social Security Act
• Social Service Act
• Stock Market Advice
• CCC

Multiple Choice

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

• no gold standard and free coinage of silver

• abolition and suffrage

• relief, recovery, and reform

• expanding the size and economic influence of the United States

Open Ended

How did FDR & the New Deal impact the nation? Explain in a short 2-3 sentence description