New Deal Programs Matching

Which New Deal Program would help in this scenario?

In the early 1930s prices dropped so low that many farmers went bankrupt & lost their farms. In some cases, the price of a bushel of corn fell to just 8 or 10 cents. Some farm families began burning corn rather than coal in their stoves because corn was cheaper.

• Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

Homelessness followed quickly from joblessness once the economy began to crumble in the early 1930s. Homeowners lost their property when they could not pay mortgages or pay taxes. Renters fell behind and faced eviction. By 1932 millions of Americans were living outside the normal rent-paying housing market. Affordable, quality housing was in high demand. 

• Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
• Social Security Act (SSA)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

The unemployment rate in 1935 was at a staggering 20%. Programs were needed to provide relief for the unemployed by providing jobs and income for millions of Americans.

• National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Social Security Act (SSA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

The Great Depression changed Americans' view of unions. Although AFL (American Federation of Labor) membership fell to fewer than 3 million amidst large-scale unemployment, widespread economic hardship created sympathy for working people. At the depths of the Depression, about one-third of the American workforce was unemployed, a staggering figure for a country that, in the decade before, had enjoyed full employment.

• Social Security Act
• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Public Works Administration
• National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

Stock market crash causing people to flock to banks to demand their cash—so they could stow it under the mattress or use it to offset their massive stock market losses. Banks hadn’t kept enough reserves on hand to address the growing risks associated with runaway credit and speculation. When banks sought to protect themselves, they stopped lending money. Businesses couldn’t get access to capital, and closed their doors, throwing millions of Americans out of work.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Public Works Administration (PWA)
• Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

The problems hit the elderly particularly hard. Those who were retired or close to it watched a lifetime of savings disappear, & they weren't well enough to work or couldn't find the jobs that would allow them to rebuild their lost investments. 

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• Works Progress Administration
• Social Security Act
• National Industrial Recovery Act

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

The Depression brought hardship, homelessness, and hunger to millions. Cities across the country, people lost their jobs, were evicted from their homes and ended up in the streets. Immediate help and support was needed. 

• Social Security Act (SSA)
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

The 1920s economic boom helped breed a widespread belief that it was easy to get rich quick. The riskiest gambling took place on Wall Street, during which time millions of people invested their savings or increasingly bought stocks on margin, (they put down as little as 10 percent of the price of a stock, and borrowed the rest of the money, with their stock itself as collateral) pushing prices to unsustainable levels. Corporate stocks soared, and brokers made huge commissions. 

• Glass-Steagall Act of 1933
• National Industrial Recovery Act
• Emergency Banking Act of 1933
• Securities and Exchange Commission

Which New Deal Program would help this scenario?

After the huge surge of growth in the 1920s & the following crash into the Depression, U.S. workers were either losing jobs or being forced to work in appalling conditions for low wages. Strikes were called by the hundreds in 1919 and 1920 as workers found employers unwilling to negotiate for higher wages after the war as prices kept rising. 

• Fair Labor Standards Act

• Social Security Act
• Public Works Administration
• Civilian Conservation Corps