The New Deal

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. 

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 was a major result of FDR’s New Deal programs?

• The national deficit declined for most U.S. citizens
• The suffrage rights for women changed
• The power of the federal government was expanded
• The federal government lowered taxes for most Americans

What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?

• WPA
• CCC
• TVA
• FDIC

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The End of Prohibition
• The New Deal
• The Stock Market Crash
• The Election of Herbert Hoover

The New Deal stressed Relief, Recover, and _______.

• Reform
• Revolution
• Reinvention
• Reinforcement

The largest New Deal program which worked on public projects such as roads, bridges, public buildings, etc.

• Works Progress Administration
• World Peace Association
• Working Period Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority

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