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This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance
FDIC
SSA
AAA
CCC
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that helped women get the vote
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?
a government program that gave free land to homesteaders
a government program that helped women get the vote
a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country
a government program designed to help people during the depression
Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
It gave African-Americans the right to vote.
It created programs to put people back to work.
It let all new immigrants become American citizens right away
It organized different sports leagues to provide people jobs
This New Deal program that gave people jobs planting trees and working in national parks
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This New Deal program which insured people's bank deposits so they would not lose their money if a bank closed.
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Adminstration
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
New Deal program that put unemployed American to work on completing government funded public projects
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This man was elected president in 1932 by a landslide and he started the programs known as the New Deal
Teddy Roosevelt
Grover Clevland
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frustrated with the Supreme Court who was declaring New Deal Programs unconstitutional, Roosevelt tried to do this.
Veto their rulings
Pack the court with more justices
Have a constitutional amendment made
Fire all the justices
What did the Mexican Repatriation Act seek to do?
Increase participation of Mexican immigrants in the Political system
Decrease the amount of Mexican immigrants on Public Relief
Give Mexican immigrants a safe place until they become citizens
Send Mexican immigrants back to Mexico
Dust Bowl Damages caused the migration of Americans, because...
poor irrigation and use of crop rotation
multiple El Nino events and dam building
Years of drought and poor farming techniques
farm workers labor shortages and chemical fertilizers
Which challenge did Roosevelt face from the Supreme Court, as President?
desire for voters to choose Supreme Court justices
resistance of Congress to vote on New Deal
unwillingness of Supreme Court justices to retre
repeated rulings declaring New Deal unconstitutional
Demographics in California changes in the 1920s as a result of
The arrival of African Americans
arrival of unskilled immigrant workers from Eastern cities
arrival of migrant families seeking settlement houses
arrival of migrant families from the Midwest seeking relief
What economic practice became popular in the 1920s that help contribute to the crash?
paying only cash for stock purchases
selling stocks in very rapid succession
buying stocks with only a down payment
sharing insider information on stock trades
Which constitutional issue concerned opponents of FDR's court packing?
it would restrict individual rights
it would not allow people of elect judges
it would weaken the seperation of powers
it would shift power from states to the federal government
What happened in the summer of 1929?
Production of goods increased, and employment rose.
Production of goods decreased, and employment dropped.
Americans sold millions of shares, and the stock market crashed.
Americans paid back the money that they had borrowed to buy stocks.
What is another term for shantytowns?
Hoovervilles
Hoover slums
Rooseveltvilles
depression houses
The Social Security Act of 1935 guaranteed
citizenship for working immigrants who moved to America.
access to education for children from impoverished families.
employment for workers who would construct public buildings.
pensions for the retired elderly and unemployment money for the jobless.
Agency created under the NIRA, which created jobs building schools and other community buildings. Failed to make a sufficient dent in unemployment.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
This law / agency paid farmers not to plant crops in certain portions of their land, destroy portions of their crops, or in some cases slaughter farm animals to help raise the prices of farm products.
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Agency criticized as the create work agency. Created an estimated 4 million immediate jobs constructing 40,000 schools, and paying the salaries of over 50,000 rural teachers.
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Agency which employed thousands of young men (18-25) who built roads, developed parks, and planted over 200 million trees.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
Agency which provided funds for home mortgages and home repairs
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Agency created to re-establish trust in the banking industry. Insured deposits into personal bank accounts up to $5,000
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Securities Act (FSA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)
Agency headed by Harry Hopkins which created as many jobs as possible. Spent an excess of $11 billion in the creation of over 8 million jobs
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Agency created to help depressed area in and surrounding the Tennessee River Valley
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Agency funded with $500 million to provide direct relief to the needy
National Recovery Act (NRA)
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC)
Agency created to help settle disputes between employees and employers
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Agency created to provide jobs, education, counseling, and recreation to the nation’s youth
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Works Administration (CWA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Authorized the treasury department to inspect the nation's banks. Bank Holiday's.
Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
Emergency Relief Act ERA
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC
Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
What were the villages full of shacks located in cities filled with unemployed Americans called?
Hoovervilles
Okies
Rooseveltowns
Who was president during the New Deal?
Theodore Rooesvelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
What natural calamity coincided with the New Deal and caused intensified and increased poverty throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and other parts of the south?
the bank holiday
the great flood of 1927
the dustbowl
What was the culminating event that brought the country out of the Great Depression?
the Bonus Army
the building of the Hoover Dam
World War II
What were the major goals of the New Deal?
no gold standard and free coinage of silver
abolition and suffrage
relief, recovery, and reform
Who was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Which of the following DID NOT cause the Dust Bowl?
overproduction
windstorms
tornadoes
The __________________ was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.
New Deal
Great Depression
Dust Bowl
What was the name of FDR's plans and programs designed to meet the needs and problems of the Great Depression?
New Deal
Great Deal
Social Security
President Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that declaring a bank holiday and creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would help the nation’s banking system by
restoring public confidence in the banks
reducing government regulation of banks
restricting foreign investments
To make things worse during the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the midwest. Because the soil was so dry, wind caused dust storms that covered people's homes, and all of their belongings. This was called the _______________
Dust Bowl
Dry Bowl
Dirt Bowl
The _________________ helped to insured deposits made in banks and made people feel comfortable using savings accounts again.
FERA
NRA
FDIC
The president cannot serve more than two terms. Which amendment is this?
16th
19th
22nd
“I’ve got a crop of peaches comin’ ripe, but by the time I pay to have them picked and shipped, I won’t make any money on them. Soon, I’ll have to give up my farm ‘cause I can’t pay my debts.”
AAA
NRIA
FDIC
WPA
“I finally graduated from high school, but now I can’t find a job. Seems like everyone competing for the jobs has more experience than me.”
PWA
CWA
NYA
NRA
“Me and my family live in the Appalachian mountains. There ain’t a lot of work round here because there’s no electricity. Sure do have a lot a water though.”
FDIC
SEC
TVA
FERA
“I’m a 70-year old retired school-teacher with emphysema. I can hardly breath, much less work. And I can’t afford the medicines I need. My husband is feeble too, and we have no children to take care of us.”
SEC
SSA
SSS
SRC
“I’m the president of the local bank in town. I’m afraid to go to work these days. People line up at the bank and demand their money. I refuse to give them all their money back; if I did, the bank would collapse. I need some people to have faith in the banks and to start bringing their money back, rather than withdrawing it.”
FDIC
NYA
FLSB
HOLC
“I’ve got two kids in school and my husband has run off. We are about to lose the house since we can’t make payments. If my family becomes homeless, I don’t know what I’ll do.”
FERA
HOLC
REA
AAA
“I’m a brick mason who can’t find work. Seems like nobody is building anything new these days that requires my skill.”
CWA
WPA
AAA
NYA
“I own a business that makes men’s hats. I can’t compete with the other hat manufactures. They use child labor that is cheaper. I don’t think that’s right, but I don’t know what I can do about it. I’ll soon go out of business.”
CCC
AAA
NIRA
FERA
“I’m the mayor of my town. We’ve got lots of people milling around needing work. I’ve got things I could put them to work doing, but I don’t have any money to pay them.”
FERA
AAA
WPA
CCC
"As a 20 year old man, I'm able to do hard work, but no one is hiring. I sure wish I could help support my famiy."
CWA
AAA
NYA
CCC
"As a 20 year old man, I'm able to do hard work, but no one is hiring. I sure wish I could help support my famiy."
CWA
AAA
NYA
CCC
"I'm a true starving artist! No one is paying for paintings these days, and I don't have many other skils."
WPA
PWA
CWA
AAA
