New Deal Programs
Political Cartoons
Miscellanious
Throw Back (to 7th grade)
Review
100
This program was aimed at making farm products more valuable by decreasing the available supply. Farmers were paid to grow fewer crops and to slaughter extra food animals, like pigs and cows.
What is the AAA -
Agricultural Adjustment Administration—1933
100
The main idea/point of view of this cartoonist:
What is actions by FDR were threatening American democracy
100
An economic consequence of Franklin Roosevlet's New Deal
What is the role of the federal government in the economy expanded.
100
This abolished slavery permanently throughout the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
100
A Progessive Era's muckrackers book that led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
What is Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
200
This program began in 1934 and was designed to protect the money that people had deposited in banks. This helped people feel safe about putting their money in banks again.
What is the FDIC-
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—1933
200
The cartoonist point of view in the following cartoon is:
No one was looking for a solution they were just blaming each other or another cause.
200
In the 1920's this was the term used to describe a period of African American cultural achievements
What is the Harlem Renaissance
200
This action by the British government was considered by American colonists to be a violation of their rights as Englishman.
What is taxation without representation- taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament
200
The "clear and present dancger" principle stated by the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United Staes (1919) had this effect
Hint: Think about not yelling "fire" in a crowded mall
Hint 2: Think about your first amendment rights
What is limit freedom of speech during wartime
300
This program hired single young men between the ages of 18–25 to work in the forests and national parks. These young men lived in camps near their jobs, and the majority of the money they made was sent straight home to their families.
What is the CCC-
Civilian Conservation Corps—1933
300
The cartoonists point of view in this cartoon is about what cultural movement taking place in the US in the 1920's:
What is the limiting of immigration to the US from European nations
300
Palmer Raids, immigration quotas, and the trial of Scco and Vanzetti was a result of this feeling
What is the fear that American values were threatened by radical ideas
300
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, urged American colonists to do this.
What is establish their own nation
300
Opponents of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles argued that the treaty would requsire the United States to do this
Hint: Think isolationist policy
What is become involved in future international conflicts
400
This program hired millions of workers to carry out public works projects, including constructing parks, schools, and highways.
What is the WPA-
Works Progress Administration—1935
400
This cartoon is referring to this plan during the 1930's
What is FDR's New Deal
400
This factor is one factor that led to agricultural overproduction and falling farm prices during the 1920s
What is the decline in European demand after WWI
400
The Supreme court case of Marbury v. Madison(1803) strengthened the power of the judicial branch by doing this
what is granting federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
400
A main goal of AMericanization schools was to do this
Hint: think about the Native Americans
What is promote assimilation
500
The elderly, the disabled, and dependent mothers with children were all eligible to receive government assistance from the SSA, which included money and food.
What is the SSA-
Social Security Administration—1935
500
Based on this cartoon this was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's goal concerning the Supreme Court:
What is increase support for New Deal legislation
500
This was a main reason for the emergence of Hoovervilles
What is many Americans lost their jobs during the Great Depression.
500
The impeachment of President Bill Clinton is an example of this system put in place to keep one branch of government from gaining too much power.
What are checks and balances
500
Acquiring territory to promote economic and strategic interests in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is an example of this American foreign policy during this time
Imperialism