FDR/New Deal

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

• FDR Hour
• Hangin' With Franklin
• Fireside Chats
• Around the Fire

What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?

• New Deal
• Great Deal
• Social Security
• the New Liberalism

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess!  Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the TVA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects
• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work
• they offered assistance to farmers
• they provided electricity to a poor region

Who was elected president of the US on 1932?

• George Washington
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Barack Obama

FDR closed all of the ___________in order to audit them and make sure all their records were in order. Only the strongest banks survived.

• banks

• stock markets

• businesses

• corporations

What was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?

• The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
• The power of the federal government was expanded
• The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans

What were the major goals of the New Deal?

• no gold standard and free coinage of silver
• abolition and suffrage
• relief, recovery, and reform
• expanding the size and economic influence of the United States

The New Deal pulled America out of its economic mess! Several New Deal agencies, such as the CCC, WPA, and the PWA, were important because ____________________.

• they built bridges, dams, and other useful projects

• they helped create jobs and put Americans back to work

• they offered assistance to farmers

• they provided electricity to a poor region

The New Deal program which primarily employed single, young men and worked to preserve parks and forests

• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Bureau of Land Management

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs.