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FDR and the New Deal
FDR and the New Deal
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A #USHistory review of #FDR and his #NewDeal Programs
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1
This happens when government spends more money than it has
Budget surpluss
Balanced budget
Deficit spending
Raise taxes
2
The purpose of the FDIC was to?
Help business owners
Extend bank hours
Regulate the stock market
Insure bank deposits
3
At what age could a person retire and receive payments under the Social Security Act?
63
70
64
65
4
What is the idea behind Keynesianism?
Raise taxes during a recession
Lower taxes during a recession
Spend during a recession
Cut the budget during a recession
5
What was the idea behind FDR's court packing plan?
Force Supreme Court judges to retire
Take away judges from the Supreme Court
Appoint a new judge if current judges don't retire at age 70
Replacing Supreme Court judges that agree with FDR
6
What disease did FDR have?
Parkinson's
Mumps
Polio
ALS
7
Which of these was
NOT
a part of the Fair Labor Standards Act?
Sets minimum wage
Abolishes child labor
Limits the work week
Requires union participation
8
This program helped young men get jobs working in nature
CWA
CCC
PWA
AAA
9
Radio addresses used by FDR to talk to the American people are known as?
Radio Chats
Weekly Talks
Fireside Chats
Fireside Talk
10
Who did FDR defeat in the 1932 election?
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Herbie Hancock
11
United Auto Workers used a sit-down strike at the GM plant in?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chicago, Illinois
Flint, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
12
The New Deal ended the Great Depression
False
True
13
FDR won the electoral vote in all but _____ states
5
9
6
He won them all
14
People were worried FDR would take America off the ____?
Golden Girls
Silver Standard
Gold Standard
Gold Money
15
FDR surrounded himself with?
People who disagreed with him
People who didn't know politics
People who agreed with him
People who didn't like him
16
FDR planned to calm people down by declaring a ____?
Bank Hollow
Bank Run
Bank Expansion
Bank Holiday
17
This man wanted to set up money for retired workers
Francis Townsend
John Johnson
Charles Coughlin
Huey Long
18
Which former president was FDR related to?
John Tyler
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
19
The programs and policies created by FDR are known as what?
The New Deal
The Big Deal
The Fair Deal
The Great Deal
20
What was the biggest success of the First New Deal?
People kept their homes
People had faith in the future
Banks reopened
People had jobs
21
This program hired people to do construction work in cities
TVA
CCC
PWA
AAA
22
The National Labor Relations Act is also known as the?
Winger Act
Wagner Act
Wang Chung Act
Worker Act
23
Safeguards that help protect people from economic disasters are called?
Safety-nets
Safety-program
Safety-bills
Safety-belts
24
What is a broker state?
Government works out differences between groups
Government makes economic deals with other countries
Government provides support for its citizens
Government doesn't have enough money to pay debts
25
What did the National Housing Act do?
Free housing for certain people
Regulate the housing market
Loans to pay mortgages
Loans to construct low-income housing
26
This program regulated the stock market
SSA
FDIC
NLRB
SEC
27
What did Federal Number One do?
Hired construction workers
Hired bankers
Hired government workers
Hired artists and musicians
28
FDR was governor of which state?
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Massachusetts
29
This group made the jump to the Democratic Party during the New Deal era
Women
Immigrants
The poor
African Americans