New Deal Review

According to this Graph...

• Federal Spending decreased from 1928-1933.

• Federal Spending never decreased two years in a row.

• Federal Spending was below $5 billion until after 1933.

• More than $8 billion Federal Dollars were spent in 1934.

Which of these was the basic idea of the New Deal?

• the Supreme Court is responsible to the executive branch

• Energy production should be solely the concern of private enterprise

• States’ rights have priority over rights of the federal government

• The Fed. Govt. has a responsibility to ensure economic prosperity

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), NRA (National Recovery Administration) , and CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) were created in the early 1930s and are MOST associated with the

• New Deal

• Populist Era

• Progressive Era

• Prohibition Era

Father Charles Coughlin, Huey Long, and Dr. Francis Townsend were all

• Members of the cabinet

• Part of Court Packing Plan

• Harsh critics of FDRs New Deal Programs

• Supporters of FDR's New Deal Programs.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Works Progress Administration

Social Security

All of these programs are associated with who's presidency?

• John Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

This New Deal program was created to give benefit to older, retired workers.

• Social Security

• Welfare Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• National Recovery Administration

7) The National Labor Relations Act (1935), also known as the Wagner Act, was the first major legislation created to

• prevent unions from going on strike.

• provide benefits to unemployed workers.

• prevent racial discrimination in the workplace.

• provide legal protection to unions and their members.

What is the purpose of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)?

• Employ workers in public works projects

• insure bank deposits in the United States.

• provide retirement income for U.S. workers and payments to disabled Americans.

• regulate the sale of stocks and oversee the disclosure of information on stocks being sold.

Using the information in the graph, one might speculate that

• World War 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.

What was the MOST LIKELY reason farmers were paid to plant less cotton in the early years of the Great Depression?

• to modernize agriculture and improve field conditions

• to encourage farmers to move to improved farms and homes

• to raise the price of cotton and increase each cotton farmer's income

• to restrict crop surplus and provide mortgage relief to cotton farmers