New Deal Programs and Critics Quizizz

How did the New Deal change the federal government?

• It decreased its power

• It made a fourth branch of the government

• It made people expect the federal government to help them with social and economic problems

• It made the federal government distance itself from the free market leaving it open to monopolies

How does the New Deal affect citizens today?

• It as no affect on the lives of citizens today

• It lead to deregulation of major industries

• It created banking and stock market regulations and financial assistance for the elderly and disabled

• It created a new system of entitlement programs for upper-class Americas

How did FDR show excellent leadership during the Great Depression?

• He tried to take control of the entire government

• He ran for a third and fourth term as president

• He used Fireside chats to calm the Americans people and tell them their fear was making things worse

• He used television ads to encourage people to support his policies

Which describes the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?

• It insures individual bank deposits and regulates banks

• It regulates the stock market

• It provides aid to the elderly and disabled

• It regulated labor boards

Which describes the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)?

• It insures individual bank deposits and regulates banks

• It regulates the stock market

• It provides aid to the elderly and disabled

• It regulated labor boards

What is the purpose of the FDIC and the SEC?

• To regulate the free market

• To develop a new system of labor codes

• To regulate banks and the stock market and restore public confidence in them

• To improve relations between the federal and state government

Why did people on the right (Supreme Court and Republicans) dislike the New Deal?

• They felt the state governments got too much power

• They believed the New Deal programs did not go far enough to fix the Great Depression

• They felt the President was becoming a dictator

• They believed the New Deal gave the government too much authority (power)

Why did people on the left (Huey Long, Father Coughlin, Dr. Townsend) dislike the New Deal?

• They felt the state governments got too much power

• They believed the New Deal programs did not go far enough to fix the Great Depression

• They felt the President was becoming a dictator

• They believed the New Deal gave the government too much authority (power)

New Deal program tasked with providing electricity to the people through dams and other means.

• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Tennessee Valley Electrical Organization
• Civilian Conservation Corps

It provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and the unemployed.

• Social Security Administration

• Wagner Act

• Public Works Administration

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation