Brain Pop New Deal

1 Place the following events in sequence: A) FDIC established; B) Black Tuesday; C) FDR is elected President

• CBA

• BCA

• BAC

• CAB

2 Franklin Roosevelt's initial strategy for economic recovery depended on:

• Building up the U.S. military

• Distributing free land to poor farmers

• Cutting takes on businesses to stimulate hiring

• Injecting money into the U.S. economy

3 What was the biggest problem facing the U.S. when FDR took office?

• Record unemployment

• A crashing stock market

• The threat of invasion from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan

• Starvation and disease

4 What word best describes the U.S. government after the New Deal took effect?

• Pacifist

• Active

• Hands-off

• Communist

5 What was the main goal of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

• Regulate the stock market

• Helping people buy new homes

• Preventing bank failures

• Building new roads and bridges

6 If you wanted to get paid to paint a mural on the side of a public building, you might seek help from:

• The Public Works Administration

• The Social Security Administration

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

• The Works Progress Administration

7 What can you infer about the reason why the Social Security Act was passed?

• Many senior citizens faced poverty

• Many writers and musicians were out of work

• Many farmers had lost their land

• Many people lost their money in bank failures

8 Roosevelt's Fireside Chats (blank) people about the direction the United States was heading in.

• Frightened

• Reassured

• Misled

• Confused

9 How did FDR differ from every other U.S. President?

• He addressed the country over the radio

• He helped push his own agenda through Congress

• He raised taxes on businesses and the wealthy

• He won 4 separate Presidential elections

10 What was most controversial about the New Deal?

• The way it expanded the federal government

• The way it protected the poor and elderly

• The way it destroyed the banking system

• The way it brought electricity into rural communities