The New Deal Quiz

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

What program insures bank deposits and protects peoples' money?

• SSA (Social Security Administration)

• TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

• CCC (Civilian Conservation Corporation)

• FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Which program employed people to work planting trees, fighting forest fires, and building reservoirs?

• CCC (Civilian Conservation Corporation)

• SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

• TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

• FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Which program regulates and polices the stock market?

• WWW (World Wrestling Federation)

• ABC (Animal Behavior Committee)

• SSA (Social Security Adminstration)

• SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

Which program cleared the river valley in Tennessee and provides electrical power to more than 8 million customers?

• FDIC

• TTB

• TVA

• SSA

Which program provides help for the elderly and disabled?

• NWEA

• SSE

• TVA

• SSA

In 1929, the Great Depression started in the United States. In 1932, FDR was elected president. 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 government wanted people to let the government provide everything they needed.

• The New Deal led to the government being more involved in the economy of the country.

• The New Deal let to the government being less involved in the economy of the country.

The New Deal was divided into 3 categories. Which one of the following was "recovery"?

• Provide direct aid to those most affected by the Depression

• Help pull the economy out of the Depression

• Safeguard that another Depression would not occur

The New Deal was divided into 3 categories. Which one of the following was "relief"?

• Provide direct aid to those most affected by the Depression

• Help pull the economy out of the Depression

• Safeguard that another Depression would not occur