WorksheetsThe New Deal
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which government agency gives benefits to people when they are retired or unemployed?
a)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
b)
Securities and Exchange Commission
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
Social Security Admistration
2.
Which New Deal program was chiefly designed to correct abuses in the stock market?
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Securities and Exchange Commission
d)
National Recovery Administration
3.
What problem were both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed to address?
a)
Excessive stock market speculation
b)
High unemploment
c)
Increased use of credit
d)
Overproduction of goods
4.
The ____ was an agency formed to insure bank deposits up to a certain amount.
a)
Social Security
b)
SEC
c)
FDIC
d)
Tennessee Valley Authority
5.
When President Roosevelt talked to the American people directly over the radio, they called it ____ ____.
a)
Fireside Chats
b)
the President talking
c)
Chats with me
d)
Campfire chats
6.
A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933 was to-
a)
Provide health care benefits to
southerners
b)
Encourage African-Americans to settle in
the valley
c)
Improve economic conditions in a poor
rural region
d)
Evacuate farmers from the impoverished region
7.
Which was a guiding principle of New Deal economic policies?
a)
“Rugged individualism” will end social inequality
b)
Government must assume greater responsibility for helping the unfortunate
c)
Antitrust legislation could destroy the free enterprise system
d)
State governments should have more power over the economy than the national government
8.
One difference between the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Hoover was that Roosevelt was-
a)
more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems
b)
unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs
c)
able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office
d)
opposed to any type of government regulation of financial institutions
9.
Which New Deal program employed young men to work on various projects to improve the country?
a)
Social Security Act
b)
Fair labor Standards Act
c)
Rural Electrification Act
d)
Civilian Conservation Corps
10.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by
a)
helping them become more efficient
b)
paying them not to grow crops
c)
buying up their surpluses
d)
making land available for farming
11.
The TVA provided ________ for rural citizens.
a)
Electricity
b)
new farm land
c)
new homes
d)
New Deal support
12.
What is the NRA?
a)
National Registration Administration
b)
National Recovery Administration
c)
National Reservation Act
d)
National Redistribution Acts
13.
Which "R" does NOT belong?
a)
Relief
b)
Recovery
c)
Reform
d)
Redemption
14.
This organization gave jobs to artist, writers, and musicians to create artwork
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Public Works Adminstration
c)
National Recovery Adminstration
d)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
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