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Glass-Steagall Banking Act

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This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the depression--the unemployed, the aged, and the ill.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, flood-control projects, and power plants.

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income.

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects.

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Federal Securities Act

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This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market.

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Emergency Banking Relief Act

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This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.

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National Industrial Recovery Act

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This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth.

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Social Security Act

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This provides for an old-age insurance program.

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parity

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This federally regulated crop price was intended to stabilize farmer's incomes.

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Social Security Act

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This provides for an unemployment compensation program.

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Social Security Act

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This provides programs that aid needy families with children and the needy disabled.

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parity

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Under the second Agricultural Act, loans made to farmers were based on this value of their surplus crops.

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National Labor Relations Board

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Created under the Wagner Act, this continues to act as a mediator in disputes between unions and employers.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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Created in 1934, this continues to monitor the stock market and enforce laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Pollution was an unfortunate result of this program to promote flood control and build hydroelectric power plants.

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federal deficit

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This increased during the Roosevelt administration as the federal government enacted reforms to stabilize the economy.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, this shored up the banking system by protecting people's savings against loss in the event of a bank failure.

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Federal Securities Act

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This required corporations to provide complete, truthful information on all stock offerings.

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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This was created to reform, and to restore confidence in, the stock market by providing a means to monitor the market and to enforce laws regarding the sales of stocks and bonds.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen years of age.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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This rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region.

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Wagner Act

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This protected the right of workers to join unions and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees.

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Emergency Banking Relief Act

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This provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal loans to solid banks.

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Social Security Act

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This provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children, and the needy elderly.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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This put hundreds of thousands of young, single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, this originally protected up to $5,000 of an individual's bank account.

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. Works Progress Administration

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This addressed the problems of unemployment and poverty by creating jobs that ranged from the construction of airports and libraries to the sewing of clothing for the needy.

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C. He closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections.

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What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president? A. He called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust." C. He closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections. B. He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court. D. He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief.

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B. Frances Perkins

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Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet? A. Arlene Francis C. Eleanor Roosevelt B. Frances Perkins D. Mary McLeod Bethune

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A. regulate the stock market

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Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal? A. regulate the stock market C. decrease prices of farm goods B. deregulate the nation's banking system D. increase crop production

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D.Works Progress Administration

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Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work? A. Social Security Act C. National Labor Relations Act B. Fair Labor Standards Act D. Works Progress Administration

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B. to raise prices of farm products

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Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act? A. to increase farm production C. to provide pensions for retired farmers B. to raise prices of farm products D. to encourage more people to enter farming

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D. National Industrial Recovery Act

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Which of the following pieces of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court? A. Wagner Act C. Emergency Banking Relief Act B. Social Security Act D. National Industrial Recovery Act

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D. She was an important advisor on domestic policy.

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What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in the Roosevelt administration? A. She served as a cabinet member. C. She was an important advisor on foreign policy. B. She focused on being an excellent hostess. D. She was an important advisor on domestic policy.

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C. the national debt

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Which of the following reached a new high during Roosevelt's first term as president? A. tariff rates C. the national debt B. employment rates D. per capita income

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B. John Steinbeck

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Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about the grim lives of Oklahomans fleeing the Dust Bowl during the Depression? A. Grant Wood C. Richard Wright B. John Steinbeck C. Richard Wright B. John Steinbeck D. Dorothea Lange

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A. Huey Long

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___ claimed that the New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called Share-Our-Wealth. A. Huey Long C. John L. Lewis B. Francis Townsend D. Charles Coughlin

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C. raise the price of farm goods

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By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to ___. A. lower the cost of food C. raise the price of farm goods B. increase the food supply D. combat the effects of the Dust Bowl

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