New Deal

New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were primarily intended to help who?

• farmers

• homeowners

• businesses

• unemployed workers

The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it

• attracted industry with the promise of cheap power.

• sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices.

• created jobs for over 2 million U.S. citizens.

• regulated the stock market and made investments safer.

What was the chief complaint of Republicans against the New Deal?

• promoted free enterprise and individualism

• made the government too powerful

• brought changes that were too radical for most Americans

• concerned only with saving the banking system

One way that Americans escaped their concerns during the 1930s was to

• go to movie theaters.

• avoid watching news on television

• live in the country.

• follow the stock market.

In addition to putting young men back to work, a principal purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to?

• limit population growth.

• help young married couples buy homes on easy mortgage terms.

• promote reforestation and land conservation.

• provide an interracial living experience to promote harmony.

Why were the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), established during the New Deal, important?

• They increased the supply of money in the economy.

• They guaranteed loans to failing businesses and banks.

• They attempted to restore public confidence in financial institutions.

• They provided grants to unemployed workers.

During the Great Depression, how did New Deal programs try to stimulate economic recovery?

• By raising tariff rates.

• By increasing interest rates.

• By creating public works jobs.

• By lowering the minimum wage.

What were the goals of the New Deal?

• reform the government and decrease spending

• increase spending on defense and trade

• create schools and protect farmers

• provide relief, recovery, and reform

What was one factor that led to the Great Depression?

• government limitations on the amount of money in circulation
• increases in the tax rate for corporations
• excessive speculation in the stock market
• high wages paid by employers

Passage of the Social Security Act (1935) helped American workers by

• creating jobs for the unemployed
• providing financial assistance after retirement
• guaranteeing a minimum wage
• legalizing the right to join labor unions