New Deal Quiz

These programs were aimed at stimulating industry, agriculture, and the overall economy

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 R's of the New Deal?

Which of the following is NOT part of the legacy of the New Deal in the economy?

Name of FDR's plan to combat the Great Depression

Glass Steagall separated commercial and investment banking, and this protected people's money put in banks.

These programs were aimed at making permanent changes to the system to ensure there would be no future Great Depression

Most wide-ranging New Deal program. Provided 8 million jobs in all areas of the economy, including arts

He proposed a "Share-Our-Wealth" program which would confiscate surplus wealth to provide a homestead and annual wage

Monitors the stock market to ensure fair practices and prevent rigging and insider trading.

His ideas would become the blueprint for Social Security

This allowed the treasury department to inspect institutions and only let sound ones reopen. Reassured public faith.

"This is government overreach. FDR is acting like a dictator."

How did Congress respond to his court-packing plan?

This repealed Prohibition

Which of the following is NOT part of the legacy of the New Deal in American politics?

He criticized FDR for not nationalizing the banks. He lost support due to anti-Semitic and fascist views.

How did FDR to respond to the Supreme Court rulings overturning his programs (NRA/AAA)?

Set federal minimum wage, maximum work week, and prevented child labor

These programs were aimed at easing suffering through putting people back to work and providing direct cash

"These programs do not go far enough to redistribute power and wealth within American capitalism"

Provides old-age pension, unemployment insurance, and aid to families with disabled or dependent children.

Put two million young men to work planting trees and preventing soil erosion

Provided flood control and electrical power to an improverished region and put Fed Gov in utilities business

Established codes of fair practices and set floors for prices and wages. Ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court.

Sought to raise prices by limiting production. Overturned by the Supreme Court