U.S. History B Topic 4: New Deal

Which BEST describes the effect of the New Deal on women?

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  Wage discrimination ended.

• Women found work easily outside the home.

• Many women began careers after working in government programs.

• Women often did not receive support from the New Deal directly.

Which are successes of the New Deal?

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  created new jobs that provided many workers with hope and put an end to poverty throughout most of the country

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  made the government smaller and more efficient and rescued homeowners and farmers from foreclosure

• rescued homeowners and farmers from foreclosure and created new jobs that provided many workers with hope

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  put an end to poverty throughout most of the country and made the government smaller and more efficient

Which New Deal program operates today?

• Americorp

• Social Security

• Peace Corps

• Civilian Conservation Corps

Who championed women’s causes and civil rights during FDR’s administrations in the 1930s?

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  Mary McLeod Bethune and Frances Perkins

• Frances Perkins and Susan B. Anthony

• Susan B. Anthony and Eleanor Roosevelt

• Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune

What idea guided Roosevelt’s reforms?

• The government should reduce the cost of crops to enable more people to eat.

• The American volunteer spirit and government together may overcome the Great Depression.

• A small group of businesspeople built wealth for many at the expense of few.

• The rugged American individual gained character through providing for their family. 

Which BEST describes the effect of the New Deal on African Americans?

• African Americans found equality in hiring practices from relief agencies from the very beginning. 

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  No African Americans participated in FDR’s New Deal government.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt has a legacy as a fierce fighter for African American civil rights in the government.

• Often African Americans did not receive the same level of support as other Americans