Module 10: The New Deal Review

Which of the following is the name of FDR's plan to end the Great Depression?

• The New Deal
• The Securities and Exchange Commission
• The Great Recession
• The Great Plan

One of FDR's New Deal programs which insured bank deposits.

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 
• Social Security Act (SSA) 
• United States of America (USA)
• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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

Fireside Chats

• JFK's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• FDR's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Ronald Reagan's informal radio talks; talked about nation's problems and plan to fix them.
• Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

• Offered outdoor work to unemployed single men.
• Parts of the Federal government that were created to help fulfull FDR's New Deal promises; became known by their initials.
• Offered work to unemployed single men.
• Risky buisness venture on the chance that quick profit can be made.

Which best describes a major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt's views about the Depression?

• Hoover wanted more government spending to create jobs.
• Roosevelt believed more in isolationism.
• Roosevelt had a much more "hands on" approach with the economy.
• Roosevelt felt the people were to blame for the Depression.

New Deal program created to build and improve highways

• Works Progress Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Social Security Act

• National Recovery Act

Who was appointed the first female cabinet member and was the Secretary of Labor

• Francis Perkins

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Lucy Burns

• Shirley Temple

Built roads, schools, bridges, employed artists, photographers, provided wide array of jobs

• CCC
• AAA
• WPA
• SEC

Built Dams to control flooding, provide electricity, and created jobs

• AAA
• WPA
• CCC
• TVA