Roosevelt and the New Deal
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- Q1hired workers directly, including thousands of women, to build or improve airports, roads, and playgroundsCivil Works AdministrationWagner Act30s
- Q2caused industrial production to fall and was declared unconstitutional in 1935Securities Act of 1933National Recovery Administration30s
- Q3organized secret ballots at factories to see if workers wanted unionsNational Labor Relations BoardPublic Works Administration30s
- Q4required companies that sell stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investorsSecurities Act of 1933Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation30s
- Q5awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, schools, and other facilitiesPublic Works AdministrationCivilian Conservation Corps30s
- Q6guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and bargain collectivelyWagner ActGlass-Steagall Banking Act30s
- Q7prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock marketGlass-Steagall Banking ActWorks Progress Administration30s
- Q8offered unemployed young men work planting trees, fighting forest fires, and building reservoirsCivil Works AdministrationCivilian Conservation Corps30s
- Q9sponsored the Federal Number One program for artists, musicians, theater people, and writersWorks Progress AdministrationNational Recovery Administration30s
- Q10covered the money that people save in banks against lossNational Labor Relations BoardFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation30s
- Q11President Franklin Roosevelt entered office with no clear agenda or strong political ideology, but his administration favored governmentintervention in the economy.promotion of competition.assistance to small businesses.involvement in health care.30s
- Q12How was the ongoing African American migration affected by the New Deal?Migrants began to choose inland rather than coastal destinations.More people were forced to migrate as tenant farmers lost their jobs.Migrants began to choose southern over northern destinations.Fewer people were forced to migrate as families received more aid.30s
- Q13To fight the Depression, the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do was torestore confidence in the nation’s banking system.provide direct relief to the unemployed.provide mortgage assistance to farmers.set up massive public works programs.30s
- Q14By 1934 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana began criticizing the New Deal from the left and calling forthe government to stop interfering with business.a pension for all citizens over the age of 60.the government to balance the budget.a massive redistribution of wealth.30s
- Q15President Roosevelt launched the bold new programs that came to be known as the Second New Deal primarily becauseRoosevelt wanted to undermine potential threats to his reelection.the Supreme Court struck down key elements of New Deal programs.Roosevelt faced strong criticism from the right over the New Deal.the first New Deal programs had not generated an economic recovery.30s