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"I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people." (1932)

This promise of a "new deal for the American people" was made by which U.S. president?

• Richard Nixon

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin Roosevelt

What was an important result of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936?

• Rural telephone service was improved.

• Southern farmers were granted low-cost loans.

• Water and sewage systems were created in rural America.

• Most of the rural areas of the southeast received electricity.

During the New Deal, The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers in Georgia by

• paying farmers to plant less cotton, which caused the price of cotton increase.

• persuading farmers to experiment by planting many different types of crops.

• encouraging farmers to move from rural areas to find jobs in more urban areas.

• helping farmers find new types of crops that could grow in all types of weather.

· Signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935

· Created to support retirees over the age of sixty-five

· Also created unemployment insurance and welfare programs

· Workers and employers fund it by paying payroll taxes

All of these are describing which New Deal program?

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Social Security Act

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Rural Electrification Administration

Using the information in the graph, one might speculate that

• W.W.I created increased job opportunities in the U.S.

• the election of President Hoover in 1936 caused unemployment to decline.

• the return of soldiers following W.W.II caused unemployment to increase in the U.S.

• the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt created employment opportunities in the U.S.

"The New Deal" was designed around what 3 goals?

• Food, shelter, and banks

• relief, recovery, and reform

• starvation, world peace, and helping those in need

• Government budgets

Which recovery program provided jobs for young men on outdoor projects such as planting trees and developing national parks?

• CCC

• AAA

• REA

• SSA