New Deal

The _______________________ was FDR's plan to help get the economy going again and help the unemployed find jobs.

• Hoovervilles
• German race
• The New Deal
• Pearl Harbor

Which program insures banks and keeps your money safe?

• Social Security
• TVA
• CCC
• FDIC

Which program sets up a tax to help benefit retired people?

• FDIC
• Social Security
• TVA
• WPA

This New Deal program built dams that provided hydroelectric power to many rural areas in Tennessee, northern Georgia, northern Alabama. _____

• GAP
• RAV
• TVA
• RCA

In 1929 the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and he promised a "New Deal" to the American people. Which of the following BEST describes the role of the government during the New Deal?

• The government wanted people to take care of themselves and not use the government.
• The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.
• The government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.
• The New Deal led to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.

The New Deal was divided into 3 categories: relief for immediate help, reform to fix problems, and _________________________ to help the people and nation “get back on their feet”. 

• reinvent
• radicalize
• recovery
• reissue 

One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-

• more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
• unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
• able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
• opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions

During the New Deal, how did the government attempt to improve conditions for farmers?

• By ending the practice of sharecropping
• By encouraging farmers to grow more to increase profits
• By paying farmers to grow fewer crops
• By training farmers for jobs in a new field

What institution opposed parts of the New Deal because it believed it gave the federal government an unconstitutional amount of power over the states and economy?

• Congress
• Supreme Court
• Stock Market
• Executive Branch

FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:

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