new deal

Name of FDR's series of programs and laws to address the problems of the Great Depression

Period from 1929-1940 with widespread hunger, joblessness, and homelessness

Which president created the New Deal?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Calvin Coolidge

• Harry S. Truman

One effect of the New Deal was . . .

• It expanded the power of the federal government.

• It ended the Great Depression by 1935.

• FDR was voted out of office by 1936.

• Herbert Hoover was re-elected president.

Name of 1935 law that created welfare benefits for old-age Americans, the unemployed, and people with disabilities

• Social Security Act

• Works Progress Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Glass-Steagall Act

What action did FDR try to take when some programs were ruled unconstitutional?

• He tried to add more judges to the Supreme Court (courtpacking)

• He accepted the court's rulings.

• He lowered taxes on big business.

• He raised taxes on American farmers.

This cartoon is critical of which of FDR's policies?

• Courtpacking

• Interventionism

• Isolationism

• Gun restriction

Some African-American leaders were critical of Social Security and other parts of the New Deal because . . .

• Many African Americans held jobs in fields left out of Social Security benefits.

• Black Americans were distrustful of FDR's motives.

• Black Americans wanted to create their own welfare state.

• Most African Americans were loyal to the Republican Party.

In 1933, the most immediate job facing FDR was to

• Reform the tariff system

• Help the unemployed

• Keep the nation out of war

• Protect the nation's overseas interests

Soon after FDR became President in 1933, he supported

• Stronger civil rights laws to protect African Americans

• Increased enforcement of Federal antirust laws

• Expanded programs to direct relief to the unemployed

• Increased farm output to feed the hungry