Why were movies so popular during the 30s?

The movies were a chance to escape reality for a short time.

How did the government try to help farmers?

by paying farmers not to grow food.

Roosevelt felt this was the most important thing to take care of first.

Restore confidence in the banks

The CCC mostly hired what type of people?

Young men to work on environmental projects

How did Republicans attack the Democrats and Roosevelt in the 1936 election?

Said they were creating a planned economy.

This was created to regulate the stock market

SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)

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RUSH Ch. 12 New Deal

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US History Ch. 12 New Deal Quiz

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1
One of the biggest obstacles to implementing Roosevelt's New Deal
Tom Hanks
Federalism
Congress
The Supreme Court
2
Why were movies so popular during the 30s?
The movies were a good source of news
People had lots of disposable income
Many people had relatives in the movies.
The movies were a chance to escape reality for a short time.
3
The Social Security Act was primarily
an insurance bill
a farm workers bill
a labor relations bill
a works bill
4
A photographer who chronicled the dust bowl.
Upton Sinclair
Huey P. Long
Ansel Adams
Dorothea Lange
5
How did the government try to help farmers?
by paying them to grow more crops
by paying farmers not to grow food.
forcing farmers to grow bananas
by buying crops from farmers
6
Helped people with mortgage payments by lengthening the term and lowering interest rates.
Home Owners' Loan Corp.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Social Security
7
This was designed to restore people's trust in the banks.
National Recovery Act
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
8
The NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) created
codes of fair competition
relief for meatpackers
monopolies to help reduce prices
unions for child laborers
9
The New Deal ended the Great Depression
False
True
10
Roosevelt felt this was the most important thing to take care of first.
Provide relief for the farmers
Restore confidence in the banks
Build more dams and roads
Educate poor people
11
The CCC mostly hired what type of people?
Artists to paint murals
Young men to work on environmental projects
Minorities to work in diamond mines.
Unskilled laborers to build dams and tunnels
12
How did Republicans attack the Democrats and Roosevelt in the 1936 election?
Said they were creating a planned economy.
Said that they were supporting big business too much.
Said they didn't do enough for the country
Said that they were only enriching themselves.
13
This was created to regulate the stock market
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
GDA (Great Depression Administration)
FTC (Federal Trade Commission)

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