The New Deal

1. In 1932 ________________ was elected President.
a) Calvin Coolidge
b) Herbert Hoover
c) Franklin D. Roosevelt

2. Roosevelt wanted laws to control business and help the people. People called it _________________________.


a) Angel Reform
b) the New Deal
c) Roosevelt's Vision
d) the Gift

3. The first set of laws was to declare a Bank Holiday. This meant _____________.
a) banks were closed for a short time to recover
b) banks would give people free vacations for investing money
c) the government would give Americans a tax break for going on vacation

4. Roosevelt had three goals for his New Deal. Select all three.
a) Help the people hurt by the Depression.
b) Bring the U.S. out of the Depression.
c) To give the states money to help the needy people.
d) Make changes for the better.
e) Keep America out of war.

5. Some laws that Roosevelt passed were:
a) The government would lend banks money.
b) The government would give scholarships for college tuition.
c) The government would control the prices of farm products.
d) The government would purchase homes and allow citizens to continue to live in these homes for a small monthly rent.
e) The government would help the farmers by lending them money.
f) Money in banks would be insured.

6. The National Recovery Act (NRA) did not work because __________. In 1935 the Supreme Court found the NRA unconstitutional.

a) some goods were better quality than other items
b) businesses refused to obey the law
c) there was no way to set limits for production in every business

7. The ________________ offered outdoor work to unemployed men between the ages of 18 to 25.
a) National Recovery Act (NRA)
b) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

8. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was set up in 1933.It ___________________.
a) put out-of-work people back to work. They built roads, schools, wrote books, painted pictures and worked in hospital and libraries.
b) built dams to supply electricity for water and to stop floods.
c) offered outdoor work to unemployed men between the ages of 18 to 25. They planted trees, cleared brush, made reservoirs. They were given rooms, food, and a salary of $30 a month.

9. The ___________ was passed in 1935. This took care of the sick and the old.


a) Social Security Act
b) Retirement Act
c) Medicare
d) Unemployment Insurance Act

10. The Depression ended with _______________ in 1939 -1940.

a) Roosevelt's death
b) the Second World War
c) the Presidential election



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1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (a) (b) (d)
5. (a) (c) (e) (f)
6. (c)
7. (c)
8. (b)
9. (a)
10. (b)