hired workers directly, including thousands of women, to build or improve airports, roads, and playgrounds

caused industrial production to fall and was declared unconstitutional in 1935

organized secret ballots at factories to see if workers wanted unions

required companies that sell stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investors

awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, schools, and other facilities

guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and bargain collectively

prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock market

offered unemployed young men work planting trees, fighting forest fires, and building reservoirs

sponsored the Federal Number One program for artists, musicians, theater people, and writers

covered the money that people save in banks against loss

President Franklin Roosevelt entered office with no clear agenda or strong political ideology, but his administration favored government

How was the ongoing African American migration affected by the New Deal?

To fight the Depression, the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do was to

By 1934 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana began criticizing the New Deal from the left and calling for

President Roosevelt launched the bold new programs that came to be known as the Second New Deal primarily because

The Social Security Act established the principle that the federal government should be responsible for

The New Deal helped establish a new voting coalition for President Roosevelt and the Democratic Party by

President Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because

President Roosevelt triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 by

In taking on a mediating role among competing economic interests—such as business leaders, farmers, workers, and homeowners—the New Deal established what some have called