Review 1
Hoover asked ______________, as well as ____________ and ______________ governments to set up soup kitchens and bread lines across the country.
Private individual, state, local
What was the name of the organization that would regulate operations within the stock market?
The SEC
Which organization hired people to build dams and generators?
TVA
Who pays the tax for Social Security?
The employer and the employee.
Roosevelt promised ______________ would help individuals for as long as it took the Depression to end.
The federal government
Who won the Election of 1932?
Franklin Roosevelt
Which organization helped farmers refinance mortgages so they could keep their farms?
FCA
Name two ways the National Labor Relations Act helped workers who joined labor unions.
Better working conditions and better pay (salary)
What was Governor Franklin Roosevelt’ philosophy on government?
The government should help the population when needed
What was Roosevelt’s first goal as president?
To help the American people
The WPA built more than 650,000 miles of ______________, 75,000 ____________, 8,000 __________, and 800 __________.
Roads, bridges, parks, airports
What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help farmers with?
Stabilizing agriculture prices
What was President Herbert Hoover’s philosophy on government during the Great Depression in 1932?
Private individuals, companies, charities, etc. should help the citizens affected, not the government.
What were the programs carried out by Congress called that tried to end the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Congress met from just after the inauguration in March until ______________.
Mid June
Besides the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state, name the tunnel that was built in New York City by WPA workers?
The Lincoln tunnel
Name two things the CWA did that helped America during the Great Depression.
Built roads and airports
What did the FDIC do for banks?
Helped to maintain the stability in the banking system.
Name four groups who benefited from the Social Security Act of 1935?
The elderly, disabled, children, and the unemployed.
Who were the two main groups who criticized New Deal programs?
Those who thought the New Deal went too far and those who thought the New Deal didn’t go far enough.