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Opponents of and Effects of the New Deal
Opponents of and Effects of the New Deal
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Opponents and Effects of the New Deal
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What did the federal government create to control how much money the nation's banks could lend?
Bank Watchdogs
SEC
Federal Reserve System
FDIC
2
Which of the following New Deal Programs does NOT still exist today?
FDIC
AAA
SEC
TVA
3
What was the goal of Hoover's
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
?
To hire young men to clear forests and plant trees
Insure bank deposits
Give senior citizens a monthly check
Give loans to banks and businesses, get money to people
4
FDR created the bank holiday to stop a panic. What is a
bank holiday
?
When people go to the bank to get their money
When all banks are closed
When a bank runs out of money and shuts down
When banks give out reduced interest loans
5
Which form of currency did FDR want people to use to expand economic activity?
Copper
Gold
Paper
Silver
6
Why did people defend FDR's action as President even if he acted like a dictator at times?
The U.S. is too big and complicated to have a weak president
They would be jailed for criticizing him
The Supreme Court was unpopular
Congress gave FDR new powers to avoid being jailed
7
What was the effect of the 21st Amendment?
Limited the President to 2 terms of office
Repealed the 18th Amendment, ended Prohibition
Gave women the right to vote
Made alcohol illegal in the U.S.
8
Even though the U.S. has had financial crises after the New Deal what
has not happened?
A call to change our economic and government systems
The government expanded to do more for people
Federal investigations into economic collapse
Americans adapted and survived
9
"I wanted to give every American family $5,000 a year by taxing the rich but was assassinated."
Richard Townsend
Liberty League
Herbert Hoover
Huey Long
10
The New Deal made the
government responsible for taking care of citizens
, this is called a
Deficit State
Surveillance State
Consumer State
Welfare State
