USHC Unit 5 Review #2 - Wilson HS

How were Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for dealing with the Great Depression categorized?

• Self-liquidating projects

• Relief, recovery, and reform

• Work-relief projects

• Renew, regenerate, and remember

After taking office, how did Franklin Roosevelt respond to the banking crisis?

• He nationalized the banks

• He created the Federal Reserve Bank

• He established the FDIC

• He declared a national bank holiday

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), established during the New Deal, were important because they did which of the following?

• Increased the supply of money in the economy

• Guaranteed loans to failing businesses and banks

• Attempted to restore public confidence in financial institutions

• Provided grants to unemployed workers

During the New Deal, the main purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was to accomplish what goal?

• Stimulate farm production to provide food for unemployed city workers

• Increase farm income by controlling production

• Assist farmers in relocating to towns and cities

• Produce a farm surplus for export to foreign countries

The creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is an example of...

• Federal intervention to meet regional needs

• State-funded regional transportation

• Free-market capitalism

• Laissez-faire economics

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address the problem of...

• Excessive stock market speculation

• High unemployment

• Increased use of credit

• Limited income of senior citizens

What was accomplished with the passage of the Social Security Act?

• Creating jobs for the unemployed

• Guaranteeing a minimum wage

• Legalizing the right to join labor unions

• Providing financial assistance after retirement

What group’s rights were strengthened by the Wagner Act?

• Former slaves

• Farmers

• Labor unions

• Veterans

How did the Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938, helped American workers?

• Banning the closed shop

• Creating universal health insurance

• Establishing a federal minimum wage

• Ending the outsourcing of American jobs

A major reason that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed adding Justices to the Supreme Court in 1937 was to...

• Influence Court decisions related to New Deal programs

• Make the Court processes more democratic

• End corruption and favoritism in handling cases

• Ensure the appointment of members of minority groups