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WorksheetsThe New Deal and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What was the unemployment rate in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office?
50 percent
4 percent
10 percent
25 percent
What was the main purpose of the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
To introduce federal economic planning
To provide federal guarantee of loans and savings accounts
To create the Tennessee Valley Authority
To establish the National Recovery Administration
Which initiative was NOT part of FDR's Hundred Days?
National Industrial Recovery Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts
Social Security Act
Why did Roosevelt experiment with new ideas despite his original preference for minimal government intrusion? (check all that apply)
To gain support from business leaders and Republican politicians
To put the country back to work
To address the objections of the Supreme Court
To assist the growing ranks of needy citizens
Which New Deal program was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
Works Progress Administration
Social Security Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts
What was the largest peacetime appropriation of funds by any government in history?
Farm Security and Agricultural Adjustment Acts
Social Security Act
National Industrial Recovery Act
Works Progress Administration
What did the Wagner Act guarantee?
The right of workers to strike
The right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively
The right of workers to participate in federal economic planning
The right of workers to receive unemployment benefits
What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
To protect homeowners and encourage new construction
To provide social insurance for all citizens
To provide federal guarantee of loans and savings accounts
To guarantee the right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively
What did the Federal Housing Authority aim to do?
To provide social insurance for all citizens
To guarantee the right of workers to unionize and to bargain collectively
To introduce federal economic planning
To protect homeowners and encourage new construction
What did the New Deal initiatives permanently alter? (check all that apply)
The balance of power in the political sphere
The balance of power in the business sphere
The reliance on charitable organizations for relief
The way in which the US economy was managed
