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New Deal Programs

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The federal government under FDR passed this legislation for a minimum wage and maximum hours worked per week. Its goal was 40 cents and 40 hours. If industry was dangerous, labor under the age of 16 was forbidden.

a)

Fair Labor Standards Act

b)

Child Labor Act of 1925

c)

Minimum Wage Act of 1929

d)

Industrial Recovery Act

2.

Person A: "After the bank runs, folks were terrified to keep money in banks."

Person B: "That’s why the _______ was created - to insure deposits. Back then it helped restore trust in banks again; today the insured amount is higher, so people feel safer leaving money in banks."

Person A: “I know my bank is insured by the _________, there’s a sign right outside the entrance that says so.” 


Which New Deal Program is being described?

a)

FDIC

b)

Big 12

c)

ACC

d)

SEC

3.

A: "My cousin just started with the __________________, People joke it's ‘boondoggling,’ but he’s helping repair the public library."

B: "That sounds good. I heard the _________________ also hires artists, actors, and writers. Maybe I can get a job drawing pictures for those posters advertising all the New Deal programs."

Which New Deal program is being discussed?

a)

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

c)

The Creel Committee

d)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

4.

A: "I'm so fortunate to have this job coming right out of school. It's rough living, but it's actually pretty nice working outdoors planting trees, clearing trails, and building things in our national park areas for future generations to enjoy."

B: Oh? You must have been hired by the _____. That's good work for a young person. I heard you get three square meals a day and you even send most of your check home to your family!

A: Yep, they sure can use the money right now too.

Which New Deal program is described/depicted?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

b)

Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)

c)

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

d)

National Antiquities Act

5.

A: "Grandma says she sleeps better knowing her ______________ checks arrive each month."

B: "It’s more than old-age pensions — it also helped provide aid for people with disabilities and set up unemployment insurance. Those safety-net pieces still matter today."

Which New Deal Program is being described here?


a)

Social Security

b)

Medicaid

c)

Medicare

d)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

6.

A: "Remember when unscrupulous and shady stockbrokers hid company facts/true worth before the Great Depression? Investors lost everything thinking they made a great investment when they really hadn’t."

B: "The _____________ changed that by requiring honest disclosures and overseeing brokerage firms and exchanges. It made markets more transparent and accountable."

A: “That’s good news. I’m glad I can know the true value of a company before I invest in it.”

Which New Deal program is being described?

a)

NYSE

b)

SEC

c)

FDIC

d)

Federal Reserve

7.

A: "Why did farmers agree to destroy some crops during hard times?"

B: "The ____________________ paid growers to cut acreage of certain crops so surplus wouldn’t crash prices. Less supply helped raise farm prices, aiming to stabilize incomes."


Which New Deal program is being described?

a)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

b)

Fair Labor Standards Act

c)

Pure Food & Drug Act

d)

Meat Inspection Act

8.

A: "Most rural families in this region used to live without electricity until the New Deal."

B: "Yep, the __________________ built dams and provided hydroelectric power in the Tennessee Valley region, controlling flooding, and bringing electricity and jobs to isolated areas — an enduring public utility."


Which New Deal program is being described?

a)

Tennessee Valley Authority

b)

Hoover Dam

c)

Grand Canyon

d)

Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park

9.

Fill in the blank: The policy allowed Native Americans to re-establish their ______ organizations on Federal Reservation.

a)

tribal

b)

commercial

c)

religious

d)

political

10.

A: "Competition among businesses used to drive prices so low workers suffered. "

B: "The _________________ tried to end ‘cutthroat competition’ by having industry, labor, and government set codes of fair practice and stabilize prices so employment, wages, and working conditions could improve."


Which New Deal program is being described?

a)

FDIC

b)

NIRA

c)

SEC

d)

FLSA