18 questions
What is meant by the "recovery" part of the New Deal?
was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression
targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again
designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work
What is meant by the "relief" part of the New Deal?
was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression
targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again
designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work
What is meant by the "reform" part of the New Deal?
was aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
was designed to help the economy bounce back from depression
targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again
designed to specifically help the elderly who were no longer able to work
The name of the program advocated by Franklin D. Roosevelt to guide the country through the Great Depression ...
Square Deal
New Freedom
New Deal
Fair Deal
A quote made by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1933 inauguration encouraging the American people ...
"a chicken in every pot"
"the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself"
"a date that will live in infamy"
"a house divided cannot stand"
Which of the following New Deal programs was specifically designed to correct problems within the banking system?
AAA
FDIC
SSA
WPA
Define the term "gridlocked."
a barrier requiring a "key" for entry
a method of marking locations using coordinates
another term for points on an x-y axis
a situation in which no progress can be made
Which New Deal program provided measures that were introduced to arrest the fall in agricultural prices that had been causing hardship in the country's farming industry.
FDIC
WPA
AAA
CCC
Which of the following New Deal programs was aimed at providing electricity to poor rural families?
CCC
TVA
PWA
AAA
Which of the following describes the US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary?
Second New Deal
Wagner Act
Works Progress Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
In 1935, why did the Supreme Court rule in the US V Butler that the AAA was unconstitutional?
b/c one segment of the population was being supported directly by taxes paid by a different segment of the population
b/c the President lacks the authority to make laws and FDR had bypassed Congress
b/c Congress had passed the bill with fewer than half of the votes needed to create a new law
b/c the Supreme Court was packed with conservative justices that did not believe in FDR's New Deal program
Which New Deal program was designed to provide jobs to millions of unemployed Americans and "stimulate" the economy?
SSA
AAA
WPA
FDIC
_____ main goal was to alleviate household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government. Jobs were more expensive than direct cash payments (called "the dole"), but were psychologically more beneficial to the unemployed, who wanted any sort of job, for self-esteem, to play the role of male breadwinner.
FERA
FDIC
NLRA
SSA
Which of the following describes the 1930s extreme drought conditions that also affected Midwest farmers during the Great Depression?
Super Bowl
Alphabet Soup Bowl
Dust Bowl
Cereal Bowl
What is another term (synonym) for the Dust Bowl?
White Out Conditions
Black Blizzard
Black Tuesday
Blue Skies
Which New Deal program was specifically designed to help the elderly and or disabled, who were unable to work?
SEC
SSA
AAA
WPA
Critics of the New Deal often stated that the programs were a range of economic and social systems characterized by social ownership of the means of production and workers' self-management, too much like _____.
capitalism
federalism
socialism
fascism
Following FDR's reelection in 1936, he instituted what plan aimed at helping the country fight through the Great Depression?
the Fair Deal
the New Nationalims
the Second New Deal
the Square Deal