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Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

"I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people." (1932)


This promise of a "new deal for the American people" was made by which U.S. president?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

2.

What was an important result of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936?

a)

Rural telephone service was improved.

b)

Southern farmers were granted low-cost loans.

c)

Water and sewage systems were created in rural America.

d)

Most of the rural areas of the southeast received electricity.

3.

During the New Deal, The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers in Georgia by

a)

paying farmers to plant less cotton, which caused the price of cotton increase.

b)

persuading farmers to experiment by planting many different types of crops.

c)

encouraging farmers to move from rural areas to find jobs in more urban areas.

d)

helping farmers find new types of crops that could grow in all types of weather.

4.

· Signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935

· Created to support retirees over the age of sixty-five

· Also created unemployment insurance and welfare programs

· Workers and employers fund it by paying payroll taxes


All of these are describing which New Deal program?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps

b)

Social Security Act

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

d)

Rural Electrification Administration

5.

Using the information in the graph, one might speculate that

a)

W.W.I created increased job opportunities in the U.S.

b)

the election of President Hoover in 1936 caused unemployment to decline.

c)

the return of soldiers following W.W.II caused unemployment to increase in the U.S.

d)

the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt created employment opportunities in the U.S.

6.

"The New Deal" was designed around what 3 goals?

a)

Food, shelter, and banks

b)

relief, recovery, and reform

c)

starvation, world peace, and helping those in need

d)

Government budgets

7.

Which recovery program provided jobs for young men on outdoor projects such as planting trees and developing national parks?

a)

CCC

b)

AAA

c)

REA

d)

SSA