Great Depression and the New Deal

What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

• A program that gave money to people who were unemployed, retired, poor with children, or disabled.

• A program that fixed the banks by insuring deposits

• A program that established the 8-hour work day, the 40-hour work week, minimum wage, and overtime pay.

• A program that gave young men jobs working on the environment.

Select the three Rs of Roosevelt's New Deal.

• Reform

• Rebuild

• Relief

• Relax

• Recovery

Why was Herbert Hoover was known as the "do nothing" president?

• He created new government programs to provide relief to the unemployed

• He thought government action was the best solution to the Great Depression

• He favored Laissez-faire capitalism and believed that in the idea that thing would "work themselves out."

• He served more than two terms as president

Which of the following were new populations who joined the Democratic party because of the New Deal. Select all that apply:

• African Americans

• Rich Americans

• Poor Americans

• The elderly

• The young

A series of harsh dust storms, soil erosion, and drought destroyed farmland in states like Oklahoma, Kansas, and Northern Texas, earning the region this nickname.

• The Dust Bowl

• The New Deal

• The Great Depression

• The Stock Market Crash of 1929

How did the New Deal change Americans' expectations of government and what it would do for them?

• After the New Deal Americans did not expect the government to help them in times of crisis.

• After the New Deal Americans expected the government to help them in times of crisis.

• After the New Deal women began to enter jobs previously held by men.

• Before the New Deal Americans expected the government to help them in times of crisis.

Explain Social Security

• Social Security gave money to people who were unemployed, retired, poor with children, or disabled.

• Social Security was a program that raised the price of farm goods by paying farmers subsidies.

• Social Security was a program that gave young men jobs working on the environment.

• Social Security established the 8-hour workday, the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and overtime pay.

Explain the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

• The FLSA gave money to people who were unemployed, retired, poor with children, or disabled.

• The FLSA was a program that raised the price of farm goods by paying farmers subsidies.

• The FLSA was a program that gave young men jobs working on the environment.

• The FLSA established the 8-hour workday, the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and overtime pay.

What was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)?

• The AAA gave money to people who were unemployed, retired, poor with children, or disabled.

• The AAA was a program that raised the price of farm goods by paying farmers subsidies.

• The AAA was a program that gave young men jobs working on the environment.

• The AAA established the 8-hour workday, the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, and overtime pay.

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?

• The TVA gave money to people who were unemployed, retired, poor with children, or disabled.

• The TVA was a program that gave people jobs rebuilding America’s infrastructure.

• The TVA was a program that gave young men jobs working on the environment.

• The TVA was a program that helped spread cheap hydroelectric power in the South.