7.8 New Deal

Match

Match the Key Terms from Roosevelt's First 100 Days with their description.

• 18th Amendment

• FDIC

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• 21st Amendment

• Emergency Banking Act

• Fireside Chats

Prohibition of Alcohol

Insures deposits in banks if bank fails

Repealed Prohibition

Closed banks. Only healthy would reopen

FDR's radio addresses to Americans

• Prohibition of Alcohol

• Insures deposits in banks if bank fails

• Repealed Prohibition

• Closed banks. Only healthy would reopen

• FDR's radio addresses to Americans

Help from the Federal Government

With the US no longer on the gold standard, the Federal Government, which has the ability to print money, is now able to do so to fund FDR's New Deal programs.

Match

Match the New Deal "alphabet soup" program with its description:

• CCC

• FSA

• TVA

• AAA

• FERA

Provide jobs to young men in rural areas

Help farmers and migrant workers

Built dams, provide electricity and jobs

Subsidies to raise farm prices

Fed. $ for states' relief programs

• Provide jobs to young men in rural areas

• Help farmers and migrant workers

• Built dams, provide electricity and jobs

• Subsidies to raise farm prices

• Fed. $ for states' relief programs

Poll

How are we feeling about FDRs New Deal?

• The government has taken too much power. It needs to follow the Constitution.

• The government is doing a good job of balancing its new actions and powers with using them responsibly.

• The government should do even more than it has, regardless of what the Constitution or courts think.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best summarizes the main goals of the New Deal programs as described in the lesson?

• To provide economic relief, recovery, and reform for the nation.

• To promote big businesses' interests.

• To reduce taxes for the wealthy.

• To replace Democracy and the free market with socialism.