New Deal Programs

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

• FDR Hour
• Hangin' With Franklin
• Fireside Chats
• Around the Fire

What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?

• New Deal
• Great Deal
• Social Security
• the New Liberalism

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

What New Deal program was an answer to demands for a pension for the elderly as put forward by Dr. Francis Townsend?

• National Labor Relations
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Works Progress Administration
• Social Security

Which program subsidized farmers?

• TVA
• CCC
• AAA
• WPA

The Great Depression was a time when:

• when people felt sad about loved ones who have died in World War I.
• millions of people in the United States were unemployed and homeless.
• the economy expanded and more workers were hired and prices were higher.
• factories could not keep up with consumer demand for products.

The main goal of the New Deal was to:

• increase worker wages and benefits.
• expand Unions into right-to-work states.
• put people to work and end the Great Depression.
• end child labor practices.

The New Deal programs that are still in operation today are the 

• Social Security Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Public Works Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
• National Recovery Act, Social Security Act, and Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, and Federal Emergency Relief Administration .

It provided jobs for single males on conservation projects like planting trees and building roads. 

• Civilian Conservation Corp 
• Public Works Administration 
• National Youth Administration 
• Tennessee Valley Authority 

It provided electricity for rural areas in the United States. 

• Social Security Act 
• Rural Electrification Administration 
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
• Public Works Administration