The New Deal

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan of economic recovery for the United States during the Great Depression was known as the:

• Fair Deal

• New Deal

• Great Society

• New Freedom

Franklin D. Roosevelt's opponent in the 1932 Presidential race was:

• Herbert Hoover

• Al Smith

• Calvin Coolidge

• Al Landon

What was the first problem President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to solve?

• Underconsumption

• Inflation

• Business failures

• Banking crisis

Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Social Security Admistration

What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?

• Excessive stock market speculation

• High unemploment

• Increased use of credit

• Overproduction of goods

A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-

• Provide health care benefits to southerners
• Encourage African-Americans to settle in the valley
• Improve economic conditions in a poor rural region
• Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region

Which was a guiding principle of New Deal that FDR believe in?

• “Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
• Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
• Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
• State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government

Many people lost their jobs during the Great Depression.  The national government responded with President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal," which

• provided programs to help people make money to provide for their needs. 
• helped reduce the national debt, providing more capital for businesses
• forced people to join the military forces to make money for their needs. 
• forced people to use charities to help them provide for their needs. 

The largest New Deal program which worked on public projects such as roads, bridges, public buildings, etc.

• Works Progress Administration
• World Peace Association
• Working Period Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority

What event brought the country out of the Great Depression?

• the Bonus Army

• the building of the Hoover Dam

• going off of the gold standard

• World War II