The New Deal and Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was the unemployment rate in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office?

• 50 percent

• 4 percent

• 10 percent

• 25 percent

What was the main purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

• To introduce federal economic planning

• To provide federal guarantee of loans and savings accounts

• To create the Tennessee Valley Authority

• To establish the National Recovery Administration

Which initiative was NOT part of FDR's Hundred Days?

• National Industrial Recovery Act

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts

• Social Security Act

Why did Roosevelt experiment with new ideas despite his original preference for minimal government intrusion? (check all that apply)

• To gain support from business leaders and Republican politicians

• To put the country back to work

• To address the objections of the Supreme Court

• To assist the growing ranks of needy citizens

Which New Deal program was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

• Works Progress Administration

• Social Security Act

• National Industrial Recovery Act

• Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts

What was the largest peacetime appropriation of funds by any government in history?

• Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts

• Social Security Act

• National Industrial Recovery Act

• Works Progress Administration

What did the Wagner Act guarantee?

• The right of workers to strike

• The right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively

• The right of workers to participate in federal economic planning

• The right of workers to receive unemployment benefits

What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?

• To protect homeowners and encourage new construction

• To provide social insurance for all citizens

• To provide federal guarantee of loans and savings accounts

• To guarantee the right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively

What did the Federal Housing Authority aim to do?

• To provide social insurance for all citizens

• To guarantee the right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively

• To introduce federal economic planning

• To protect homeowners and encourage new construction

What did the New Deal initiatives permanently alter? (check all that apply)

• The balance of power in the political sphere

• The balance of power in the business sphere

• The reliance on charitable organizations for relief

• The way in which the US economy was managed