New Deal 4.12.1

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

What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?

• by eliminating trading on the stock market
• by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
• by creating jobs through various new programs
• by giving people money through new bank laws

Which program built roads, schools, buildings, libraries, etc?

• Social Security
• FDIC
• CCC
• WPA

Which program insures banks and keeps your money safe?

• Social Security
• TVA
• CCC
• FDIC

Which program builds wildlife perserves and plants trees?

• CCC
• TVA
• WPA
• FDIC

Which program cleared the river valley in Tennesee and brought electricity to these rural parts near the river?

• CCC
• WPA
• TVA
• FDIC

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

• FDIC
• Social Security
• TVA
• WPA

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