Chapter 26 Lesson 2: The New Deal

The Democrats believed they could win the 1932 election because the economy was worsening under the Republican president in office.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The nation's economy began to improve during the time between Roosevelt's election and inauguration.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Fireside chats were meetings in which Roosevelt's top advisers gathered around a fire and discussed possible solutions to the nation's economic problems.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Subsidies are grants of money, often from the government, for an action intended to benefit the public.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What was one of the first steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took as President?

• forming the Security and Exchange Commission

• helping the nation's banks

• assembling the "Brain Trust"

• improving national parks

Which program encouraged businesses to set a minimum wage and abolish child labor?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• National Recovery Administration

• Public Works Administration

Which legislation helped banks to reorganize and reopen?

• Social Security Act

• Federal Emergency Relief Act

• National Recovery Adminsitration

• Emergency Banking Relief Act

Which program helped to control the flooding and bring electricity to rural areas?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Federal Emergency Relief Acdt

• Public Works Administration

To which organization did Congress grant the power to punish dishonest dealers of stocks?

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Agricultural Adjustment Act