The First New Deal: Unemployment and Agriculture

Approximately how many Americans were unemployed when Franklin D. Roosevelt became president?

• 13,000,000

• 130,000,000

• 1,300,000

What government organization employed young men between the ages of 18 and 25 in camps administered by the army?

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Cicilian Corpotion Corps (CCC)

What government organization provided employment for skilled construction workers?

• Public Works Administration (PWA)

• Private Works Administration (PWA)

What government organization built dams in the Tennessee River valley area?

• Connecticut Valley Authority (CVA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

What government organization distributed direct relief to people?

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

• Civil Emergency Relief Administration (CERA)

In 1933, what was passed by Congress to provide economic relief to farmers?

• Congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Congress passed the Educational Adjustment Act (ADA)

What government organization purchased commodities to be kept in storage?

• Commune Credit Corporation

• Commodity Credit Corporation

During the 1930s, the Dust Bowl hit what part of the country?

• Plains states

• City Buildings

Approximately how many people migrated from the Plains states by 1940?

• 1.5 million

• 2.5 million

• 1 million

What government organization sought to eradicate the poor farming practices that led to the Dust Bowl?

• Soil Conservation Service

• Earth Conservation Service