Unit 6 The Great Depression 2

Which of the following was a benefit of the building of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

• huge unemployment

• major flooding

• soil depletion

• cheap electrical power

Under the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U.S. government reacted to the Great Depression by —

• recruiting additional immigrant workers.

• reducing the number of federal employees.

• restricting the movement of farm workers.

• .implementing new government programs.

As a result of the Great Depression, the federal government took steps to protect consumers from which of the following?

• check frauds

• bank failures

• tax collections

• .insurance scams

One social impact of the federal responses to the Great Depression was —

• fewer opportunities for women to enter the U.S. labor force

• forced deportation of many U.S. citizens of Mexican descent

• increased wealth for U.S. food producers like farmers and ranchers

• expanded factory and manufacturing openings for African Americans

During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration built roads and public buildings. It also provided work for —

• artists

• bankers

• farmers

• lawyers

Since the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, it has been effective in —

• granting subsidies to farmers

• sponsoring immigrants from overseas.

• providing people with retirement income.

• investing in the education of children.

Working on reforestation projects, flood control and swamp drainage, the Civilian Conservation Corps helped lessen the Great Depression by directly sustaining people with which of the following?

• bank protections

• .jobs

• food

• loans

The Civilian Conservation Corps helped lessen the effects of the Great Depression by directly providing people with which of the following?

• credit

• food

• homes

• .jobs

The ideas of the New Deal brought about by President Franklin D. Roosevelt were originally part of whose agenda in the early 1900s?

• Populists

• Greenbackers

• Labor

• .Progressives

Which of the following actions taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression is a defining characteristic of the era?

• Limited movement of farm workers

• .Reduced number of federal employees

• Relaxed restrictions on immigrant workers

• .Increased number of new government relief programs