The New Deal

Which groups did the Social Security Act initially exclude?

• Business owners and the wealthy

• Unemployed and disabled individuals

• Agricultural workers, domestic help, and children

• Bankers and stock market investors

Which Act did the Supreme Court strike down because it was perceived as Federal overreach into the operations of private businesses?

• The National Industrial Recovery Act

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act

• The Federal Judiciary Act

• The New Deal Act

What New Deal program(s) is still in existence/use today?

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Social Security Act

• Securities & Exchange Commission

• All of the above

Which of the following are criticisms of FDR's New Deal programs?

• it cost too much

• it put the nation in debt

• it gave the federal govt. too much power

• all of the above

Which New Deal programs had the lasting effect of restoring the people's confidence in the banks and the Stock Market?

• the TVA

• the Social Security Act

• the FDIC and the SEC

• the Wagner Act

This new law passed by FDR outlawed child labor and set a minimum wage?

• Wagner Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• No Child Left Behind

• Glass-Steagall Act

Why did President FDR come up with his "court-packing plan" to add 6 more justices to the Supreme Court?

• to make sure he would be re-elected to the presidency

• to stop Supreme Court from declaring his New Deal programs unconstitutional

• to help the Supreme Court have power over Congress

• to provide relief to unemployed Supreme Court judges

As part of the Indian New Deal, which law was passed which gave tribal lands & control of those lands back to Native Americans?

• Indian Reservation Act

• there was no Indian New Deal

• Indian Reorganization Act

• Dawes Act

Which of the following is a lasting effect FDR had on the presidency?

• increased the powers of the Supreme Court

• showed that presidents should not serve more than 2 terms

• expanded the powers of the president in times of war

• expanded the role of the president in the economy

As a result of FDR's support of African Americans, what "shift" occurred in voting in America?

• many KKK members were no longer willing to re-elect FDR

• African Americans began supporting the Democrat Party

• more African Americans could now vote

• African Americans moved to the North so they could find jobs