Crash Course US History #34 (New Deal)

What is meant by the "recovery" part of the New Deal?

• was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans

• was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression

• targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again

• designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work

What is meant by the "relief" part of the New Deal?

• was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans

• was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression

• targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again

• designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work

What is meant by the "reform" part of the New Deal?

• was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans

• was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression

• targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again

• designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work

The name of the program advocated by Franklin D. Roosevelt to guide the country through the Great Depression ...

• Square Deal

• New Freedom

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

A quote made by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1933 inauguration encouraging the American people ...

• "a chicken in every pot"

• "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"

• "a date that will live in infamy"

• "a house divided cannot stand"

Which of the following New Deal programs was specifically designed to correct problems within the banking system?

• AAA

• FDIC

• SSA

• WPA

Define the term "gridlocked."

• a barrier requiring a "key" for entry

• a method of marking locations using coordinates

• another term for points on an x-y axis

• a situation in which no progress can be made

Which New Deal program provided measures that were introduced to arrest the fall in agricultural prices that had been causing hardship in the country's farming industry.

• FDIC

• WPA

• AAA

• CCC

Which of the following New Deal programs was aimed at providing electricity to poor rural families?

• CCC

• TVA

• PWA

• AAA

Which of the following describes the US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary?

• Second New Deal

• Wagner Act

• Works Progress Administration

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration