Unit 4-Quiz #3- New Deal

Franklin D. Roosevelt took many actions during his “First Hundred Days” in the White House in 1933, but what was the FIRST thing he did?

• close all of the nation’s banks and order inspections of those banks

• end slavery

• borrow money from China

• desegregate the Military

The “fireside chat” was a way that President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• took time out of his busy schedule to spend quiet time with his family.

• used the radio as a political tool to reach the American people.

• held meetings with his advisors.

• entertained foreign visitors to Washington, D.C

The Social Security Act provided for old-age pensions to be financed through

• a payroll tax on working Americans and their employers.

• taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

• a higher tariff.

• an annual appropriation by the U.S. congress

“Share Our Wealth” clubs, developed by _______________ of Louisiana, were seen as a possible threat to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs in 1934 and 1935.

• Senator Huey Long

• Herbert Hoover

• Charles Lindberg

• Mary Mcleod Bethune

The Wagner Act (the National Labor Relations Act) forced employers to

• bargain collectively with worker-elected union representatives.

• end prohibition

• share their profits with their employees collectively

• hire undocumented illegal immigrants

Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempt to “pack” the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937?

• he was angry that the court had ruled some of his New Deal programs unconstitutional

• he wanted to appoint a number of his friends to the court

• he felt that having so many older men on the court was dangerous for the nation

• he was having a bad week

Who is this Folk Singer

• Bob Dylan

• Johnny Cash

• Woody Guthrie

• Ramblin Jack Elliott

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which was created by the Glass-Steagall Banking Act in 1933

• insures money in an American bank

• began to regulate the stock market

• ended prohibition

• is a retirement program

_____________ _________________was the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. She served under President Franklin Roosevelt

• Frances Perkins

• Mary McCloud Bethune

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Geraldine Ferraro

This New Deal Program deal with Farming

• CCC

• AAA

• FDIC

• NIRA