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Unit 6B: New Deal

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the goals of the New Deal?
a)
create schools and protect farmers
b)
increase spending on defense and trade
c)
provide relief, recovery, and reform
2.
What did FDR and Congress pass the day after FDR’s inauguration?
a)
Emergency Banking Bill
b)
Social Security Administration
c)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
3.
This organization was created to regulate the buying and selling of stock, in the hopes of avoiding another market crash.
a)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
b)
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
c)
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
4.
Base your answer to the question on the photograph below and on your knowledge of social studies. Question: Which New Deal agency was created to provide employment for individuals such as the man in the photograph?
a)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
b)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
c)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
5.
Putting young men to work building dams, campgrounds and planting trees was the objective of what New Deal program?
a)
HOLC (Home Owners Loan Corporation)
b)
Federal Art Project
c)
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
6.
What did President Roosevelt introduce to help retirees?
a)
Works Progress Administration
b)
Second New Deal
c)
Social Security Act
7.
The Rural Electrification Administration provided electricity to
a)
the elderly.
b)
farmers.
c)
minorities.
8.
The Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) of 1935 helped organized labor by
a)
Mandating government control over industry
b)
Guaranteeing workers the right to collective bargaining by being able to form a union
c)
Requiring all workers in all industries to join unions.
9.
Some opponents of the New Deal believed that it
a)
benefited only the banking industry.
b)
harmed homeowners.
c)
threatened individual freedom.
10.
Base your answer to the question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies. Question: Many members of Congress opposed the plan shown in the cartoon because it would
a)
Reduce the power of the president
b)
Upset the system of checks and balances by giving the president too much power
c)
Cost too much to implement
11.
What was the goal of the Native American New Deal?
a)
Assimilate all Native Americans into U.S. culture to create a truly unified nation
b)
Reverse the government’s anti-Indian policies by allowing Native Americans to follow their religion without harassment and no longer divide Native American lands
c)
Take the riches the Native Americans had stored and use them to help the white American’s escape the Great Depression
12.
A major change brought about by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, 1933-39 was the
a)
creation of machinery for maintaining full employment
b)
Redistribution of population from urban centers to rural areas
c)
Development of new attitudes about the role and function of government
13.
People turned to radio and movies in the 1930s to
a)
escape their troubles.
b)
celebrate industrial workers.
c)
listen for ways to save money.
14.

What was prime pumping?

a)

Using the government to hire workers which puts money in consumers’ (workers) hands so they can spend money in order to stimulate the economy

b)

A system in which the government takes the responsibility to protect the health and well-being for its citizens (especially those in need).

c)

Speeches by President FDR to inform the nation of progress and keep the nation from panicking during the Great Depression

15.

What was the fireside chat?

a)

Using the government to hire workers which puts money in consumers’ (workers) hands so they can spend money in order to stimulate the economy

b)

A system in which the government takes the responsibility to protect the health and well-being for its citizens (especially those in need).

c)

Speeches by President FDR to inform the nation of progress and keep the nation from panicking during the Great Depression

16.

What was the Welfare state?

a)

Using the government to hire workers which puts money in consumers’ (workers) hands so they can spend money in order to stimulate the economy

b)

A system in which the government takes the responsibility to protect the health and well-being for its citizens (especially those in need).

c)

Speeches by President FDR to inform the nation of progress and keep the nation from panicking during the Great Depression

17.

What was court packing?

a)

Form of protest used against General Motors

b)

Giving tax breaks or loans to businesses and wealthy so they can hire more workers in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

c)

Name for FDR’s attempt to change the Supreme Court

18.

The definition of sit down strikes is:

a)

Form of protest used against General Motors

b)

Giving tax breaks or loans to businesses and wealthy so they can hire more workers in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

c)

Name for FDR’s attempt to change the Supreme Court

19.

What was trickle down economics?

a)

Form of protest used against General Motors

b)

Giving tax breaks or loans to businesses and wealthy so they can hire more workers in an attempt to stimulate the economy.

c)

Name for FDR’s attempt to change the Supreme Court

20.

Federal Art Project

a)

Program created to control the costs of crops to help farmers during the Depression

b)

Program aimed to reduce destructive competition and to help workers with a minimum wage and maximum hours. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

c)

This program paid artists to paint large murals in order to give them a job

d)

Public works program to build dams in in order to create electricity and control water. Created jobs for poor rural southerners.

21.

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

a)

Program created to control the costs of crops to help farmers during the Depression

b)

Program aimed to reduce destructive competition and to help workers with a minimum wage and maximum hours. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

c)

This program paid artists to paint large murals in order to give them a job

d)

Public works program to build dams in in order to create electricity and control water. Created jobs for poor rural southerners.

22.

NRA (National Recovery Administration)

a)

Program created to control the costs of crops to help farmers during the Depression

b)

Program aimed to reduce destructive competition and to help workers with a minimum wage and maximum hours. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

c)

This program paid artists to paint large murals in order to give them a job

d)

Public works program to build dams in in order to create electricity and control water. Created jobs for poor rural southerners.

23.

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

a)

Program created to control the costs of crops to help farmers during the Depression

b)

Program aimed to reduce destructive competition and to help workers with a minimum wage and maximum hours. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional

c)

This program paid artists to paint large murals in order to give them a job

d)

Public works program to build dams in in order to create electricity and control water. Created jobs for poor rural southerners.

24.

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

a)

Federal program that insures deposits in banks so bank runs cannot happen again. This was also meant to encourage people to start depositing money in banks again.

b)

Provided cheaper home loans so people would start building houses and putting people back to work

c)

Created to financially help those too old or sick to work

25.

HOLC (Home Owners' Loan Corporation)

a)

Federal program that insures deposits in banks so bank runs cannot happen again. This was also meant to encourage people to start depositing money in banks again.

b)

Provided cheaper home loans so people would start building houses and putting people back to work

c)

Created to financially help those too old or sick to work

26.

SSA (Social Security Administration)

a)

Federal program that insures deposits in banks so bank runs cannot happen again. This was also meant to encourage people to start depositing money in banks again.

b)

Provided cheaper home loans so people would start building houses and putting people back to work

c)

Created to financially help those too old or sick to work