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WorksheetsThe New Deal - Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
She was an adviser to FDR on minority affairs and was a member of President Roosevelt's, "Black Cabinet".
Francis Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Woodie Guthrie
This New Deal program helped restore trust in banks and insured bank deposits up to $2,500.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
This New Deal program told farmers what crops to grow and helped increase the price of crops.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
This New Deal program created a minimum wage and a maximum work week.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
This New Deal program created millions of jobs for young men ages 18-24, working mostly in National Parks.
Social Security Act (SSA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
18. The Fair Labor Standards Act setting a maximum number of hours that could be worked in a week. What was the maximum number of hours that someone could work in a week?
12
35
40
Which statement best describes President Hoover's approach to solving the problems of the Great Depression?
State and local governments should be responsible for solving the problems locally.
The Federal government should act to directly help Americans.
Increasing trade with China would be the best approach to creating new jobs at home.
How was President Roosevelt's plan to solve the problems of the Great Depression different from President Hoover's?
President Roosevelt believed the federal government was responsible for the welfare of the American people.
President Roosevelt agreed with Hoover. The best way to solve the problems of the Great Depression was to have state and local governments provide direct relief.
President Hoover believed that a bank holiday was necessary to restore trust in banks. President Roosevelt disagreed.
Why were some Americans critical of President Roosevelt's New Deal?
Americans believed that the New Deal programs were illegal.
Some Americans believed that the New Deal limited free enterprise or that it didn't do enough to directly help the neediest Americans.
Some Americans believed that President Roosevelt's short term plan would not be effective because he would not get support from Congress.
Was President Roosevelt's First New Deal effective?
Yes, it helped the United States fully recover from the Great Depression.
No, the economy became worse under President Roosevelt's First New Deal.
Yes, the First New Deal did make some progress; but, it did not solve all the problems of the Great Depression.
John Maynard Keynes, a leading economist, believed that _____________ was necessary to pull the United States out of the Great Depression.
Outlawing child labor
Social security
Deficit spending
Which New Deal program had the biggest effect on improving the poverty rate for the elderly?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Social Security Act (SSA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This term is used to describe President Roosevelt's attempt to add more Supreme Court justices, because the Supreme Court was striking down some of his New Deal programs as unconstitutional.
Appellate Jurisdiction
Judicial Review
Court Packing
President Roosevelt's First and Second New Deal both helped the American economy improve. However, it was not enough to completely solve the problems of the Great Depression. What event would be necessary to completely pull the United States out of the Great Depression?
The Vietnam War
World War II
The Cold War
The New Deal attempts to end gender discrimination between men and women
True
False
How did African Americans make progress during the New Deal?
African Americans made no progress during the New Deal
African Americans were appointed to new leadership positions by President Roosevelt
Many African Americans moved to southern states to find work on farms.
