the New Deal

The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.

• Social Security
• SEC
• FDIC
• Tennessee Valley Authority

Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Social Security Admistration

When President Roosevelt talked to the American people directly over the radio, they called it ____ ____.

• Fireside Chats
• the President talking
• Chats with me
• Campfire chats

A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-

• Provide health care benefits to southerners
• Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley
• Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region
• Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region

The stock market crash and the dollar’s rapid decline in value, resulted in many Americans to conduct “runs” on which of the following?

• banks
• movie theaters
• grocery stores
• brokerage offices

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

Which New Deal program employed young men to work on various projects to improve the country?

• Social Security Act
• Fair labor Standards Act
• Rural Electrification Act
• Civilian Conservation Corps

Which "R" does NOT belong?

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform
• Redemption

What were the programs started by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the country out of the Great Depression called?

• Big Deal
• New Deal
• Good Deal
• The Depression Deal

What did young men  employed by the CCC or Civil Conservation Corps do?

• Planted crops on farms
• Cleaned the nations rivers and waterways
• Planted trees on public lands