Brainpop! The New Deal

Place the following events in sequence: A) The FDIC is established; B) Black Tuesday; C) Franklin Roosevelt is elected President

• C, B, A

• B, C, A

• B, A, C

• C, A, B

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

• Building up the U.S. military

• Distributing free land to poor farmers

• Cutting taxes on businesses to stimulate hiring

• Injecting money into the U.S. economy

What was the biggest problem facing the United States when FDR took office?

• Record unemployment

• A crashing stock market

• The threat of invasion from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan

• Starvation and disease

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

• Pacifist

• Active

• Hands-off

• Communist

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

• Regulating the stock market.

• Helping people buy new homes

• Preventing bank failures

• Building new roads and bridges.

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

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.

Roosevelt's Fireside Chats _________ people about the direction the United States was heading in.

• Frightened

• Reassured

• Misled

• Confused

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 four separate Presidential elections

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