How does the New Deal’s Social Security Act still impact people today?

provides basic social welfare programs

How did the Rural Electrification Act (REA) improve the lives of people in rural areas of SC?

created cooperatives to provide electricity in remote areas

What was the result of the general textile strike of 1934 in South Carolina?

Anti-union feelings grew and the union collapsed.

What two South Carolinians were important advisors to President FDR during his administrations?

James F. Byrnes and Mary McLeod Bethune

Why did the stock market crash have less of an impact in SC than it had in other areas?

South Carolina was already in a depression

During the New Deal, how did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) benefit South Carolina?

Constructed newparks and national forests

How did the Public Works Administration (PWA) & Works Progress Administration (WPA) help SC?

put people to work building projects

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1
How did President Franklin D. Roosevelt calm the nation’s fears during the Great Depression?
telegraph communications
newspaper interviews
television broadcasts
radio talks
2
How does the New Deal’s Social Security Act still impact people today?
provides basic social welfare programs
provides improved educational opportunities
encourages environmental conservation projects
promotes the creation of jobs for the unemployed
3
How did the Rural Electrification Act (REA) improve the lives of people in rural areas of SC?
established fair wages and hours for workers
built highways,airports, bridges, and playgrounds
regulated prices for consumers
created cooperatives to provide electricity in remote areas
4
What was the result of the general textile strike of 1934 in South Carolina?
The right of the union to bargain with owners was recognized
Anti-union feelings grew and the union collapsed.
The state government passed minimum wage laws.
Workers gained shorter hours and higher wages
5
What two South Carolinians were important advisors to President FDR during his administrations?
James F. Byrnes and Mary McLeod Bethune
Richard Riley and Modjeska Monteith Simpkins
Julia Peterkin and Langston Hughes
Strom Thurmond and Septima Clark
6
Why did the stock market crash have less of an impact in SC than it had in other areas?
South Carolina investors did not buy stocks on margin.
South Carolina workers did not lose their jobs
South Carolina was already in a depression
South Carolina banks remained open
7
During the New Deal, how did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) benefit South Carolina?
Employed writers to copy historical documents
Brought electricity to rural farmers
Established benefits for disabled and retired citizens
Constructed newparks and national forests
8
What event is most closely associated with the end of the Great Depression?
Reelection of President Roosevelt in 1940
The beginning of World War II
Announcement of the Marshall Plan
Passage of the Social Security Act
9
How did the Public Works Administration (PWA) & Works Progress Administration (WPA) help SC?
put people to work building projects
provided electricity to rural areas
created labor unions
offered old age pensions
10
What New Deal project in SC provided jobs, electricity and later recreation opportunities?
Ashley Cooper project
Saluda Broad project
Broad Congaree project
Santee Cooper project

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