FDR's New Deal

Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Social Security Admistration

Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• National Recovery Administration

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation
• High unemploment
• Increased use of credit
• Overproduction of goods

What was Roosevelt’s goal in creating the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

• Restore the public’s faith in financial institutions
• Stimulate demand for manufactured goods
• Provide jobs for the unemployed
• Help farmers pay back their loans

The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.

• Social Security
• SEC
• FDIC
• Tennessee Valley Authority

When President Roosevelt talked to the American people directly over the radio, they called it ____ ____.

• Fireside Chats
• the President talking
• Chats with me
• Campfire chats

The New Deal was designed to end ___ ___ ___.

• The world
• World War  2
• Our classroom
• the Great Depression

Who did people say caused the Great Depression?

• President Roosevelt
• President Hoover
• President Johnson
• President Washington

Which "R" does NOT belong?

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Redemption

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.