Money/Banks
FDR
ABC Programs
FDR Again
100

What was the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do during the new deal?

Restore trust in banks

100

Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the

New Deal

100

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to help farmers by

paying them not to grow crops

OR

paying off farmer debt

100

FDR ran against who in the 1932

Hoover

200

Name one of the 2 ABC Programs that dealt with banks or stocks

FDIC & SEC

200

FDR and Theodore Roosevelt are related in 2 ways. Name them

Theodore Roosevelt’s niece Eleanor 

and through blood (they share a great great great great great grandpa)

200

The Works Progress Administration program mostly employed

people in the arts

200

Although they disagreed on specifics, Roosevelt’s advisers favored government...

1. assistance to small business

2. intervention in the economy

3. involvement in health care

2. intervention in the economy

300

What are Bank Holidays

period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen

300

After he served as assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin Roosevelt caught the paralyzing disease polio, which left him

with little use of his legs

300

What are the 3 R's of the New Deal

Relief, Reform, Recovery

300

The period of time in 1933 when the newly elected Franklin Roosevelt sent bill after bill to Congress came to be called the

Hundred Days

400

Framers of the Social Security Act saw it primarily as...

1. an insurance measure

2. a welfare measure

3. a retirement pension measure

1. an insurance measure

400

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

it appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers

400

The National Industrial Recovery Act allowed business, labor, and the government to cooperate in setting up

Minimum wage, maximum hour work weeks, abolished child labor

400

To inform and reassure citizens, Franklin Roosevelt addressed them directly by radio in what were called

fireside chats

500

During the Depression, many state governors declared “bank holidays” to

Prevent bank runs

Prevent bank from collapsing

500

Roosevelt triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 by

Decreasing government spending

500

What were two federal agencies focused on creating employment?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Civil Works Administration (CWA)

500

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

it appeared to interfere with the Constitution’s separation of powers

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