Programs
This New Deal Program was the largest and still around today, providing Unemployment benefits, disability insurance, retirement pensions, and other benefits
What is Social Security
This means when the government gave aid directly to citizens, such as financial aid or housing
What is Relief
These were when President Roosevelt went on the radio and talked to citizens about things happening in the country
What are Fireside Chats?
What do the F and R in FDR stand for?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This program gave jobs to many young men to work in state parks and national forests
What is the CCC?
This means programs that were designed to help get the economy back on track by providing jobs or other incentives
What is Recovery
This, meaning the lowest amount an employer can legally pay an employee, was set in the United States for the first time in 1938
What is Minimum Wage
How many total times was FDR eventually elected as President?
4
This agency is called the "watchdog" of the stock market because they are responsible for making sure people are not buying on margin or doing anything illegal with stocks
What is the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission)
These types of programs were put in place to try to limit the risk of another Great Depression happening again in the future
What is Reform?
This was the temporary closing of banks at the beginning of FDR's presidency
What is a Bank Holiday
What was the name of the author who wrote a number of literary classics about life during The Great Depression, such as The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men
What is John Steinbeck
This agency provided jobs creating dams and providing electricity to many people in the Southeast United States
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
The FDIC (which insured banks against failing) would be considered which of the 3 Rs?
What is Reform
This agency oversees radio, TV, cellular, and other communications services and technology
What is the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
-Unemployment remained high (only went down to 14%)
-Discriminated against African Americans
-Many jobs provided were temporary
This large works program paid workers to construct many public buildings, roads, and bridges (including the original Frolio building)
What is the WPA (Works Progress Administration)
Jobs programs like the CCC and WPA would be considered which of the 3 Rs?
What is Recovery
Identify at least one New Deal construction project (building, road, bridge, etc.) that is still around in 2026
Various Answers
List at least 3 specific issues that New Deal programs were created to address
-Unemployment
-Bank Failures
-Housing
-Lack of Food
-Low salaries
-Pessimism/Poor Mental Health