FDR Alphabet Soup

Which New Deal agency was responsible for building forest trails and roads, planting trees, and improving national parks?

• AAA
• CCC
• FERA
• WPA

Agency that protected the price of crops. 

• AAA
• CCC
• CWA
• FDIC

Largest agency that employed over 9 million workers in construction and even performing arts. 

• CCC
• WPA
• TVA
• NRA

The New Deal program which primarily employed single, young men and worked to preserve parks and forests

• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Bureau of Land Management

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess!  Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the TVA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects
• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work
• they offered assistance to farmers
• they provided electricity to a poor region

What is the TVA program?

• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Telluride Venture Accelerator
• Texas Valley Association
• Tennessee Venture Association

What is the FDIC?

• Federal Demographic Insurance Commission
• Fire Department Instructor's Conference
• Federal Distance Interstate Committee
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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 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

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?

• By ending the practice of sharecropping
• By raising tariffs on farm imports
• By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
• By training farmers for jobs in a new field