President FDR and the New Deal

What New Deal program(s) is still in existence/use today?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Social Security Act

• Securities & Exchange Commission

• All of the above

This new law passed by FDR outlawed child labor and set a minimum wage?

• Wagner Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• No Child Left Behind

• Glass-Steagall Act

Which of the following are criticisms of FDR's New Deal programs?

• it cost too much

• it put the nation in debt

• it gave the federal govt. too much power

• all of the above

Why did President FDR come up with his "court-packing plan" to add 6 more justices to the Supreme Court?

• to make sure he would be re-elected to the presidency

• to stop Supreme Court from declaring his New Deal programs unconstitutional

• to help the Supreme Court have power over Congress

• to provide relief to unemployed Supreme Court judges

Who did Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR's wife, urge her husband to fight for the rights of and include them in positions in the federal govt.?

• African Americans

• women

• people with disabilities

• veterans

As part of the Indian New Deal, which law was passed which gave tribal lands & control of those lands back to Native Americans?

• Indian Reservation Act

• there was no Indian New Deal

• Indian Reorganization Act

• Dawes Act

Which New Deal programs had the lasting effect of restoring the people's confidence in the banks and the Stock Market?

• the TVA

• the Social Security Act

• the FDIC and the SEC

• the Wagner Act

Which of the following is a lasting effect FDR had on the presidency?

• increased the powers of the Supreme Court

• showed that presidents should not serve more than 2 terms

• expanded the powers of the president in times of war

• expanded the role of the president in the economy

Which amendment, passed in 1951, limits presidents to serving no more than 2 terms (8 years)?

• 15th amendment

• 22nd amendment

• 25 amendment

• 19th amendment

Which two New Deal programs were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and thrown out?

• Agricultural Adjustment Act & National Recovery Act

• Wagner Act & Civilian Conservation Act

• Public Works Act & Tennessee Valley Act

• Emergency banking Bill & Fair Labor Standards Act