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A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the term or name that best matches the
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Federal Securities Act
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
e. Agricultural Adjustment Act
f. Emergency Banking Relief Act
g. National Industrial Recovery Act
h. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
1. This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC),
with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking
system.
2. This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the
neediest people hit by the Depression-the unemployed, the aged,
and the ill.
3. This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, Hood-control projects, and
power plants.
4. This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy
crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income.
5. This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and Hood-control projects.
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6. This required corporations to provide complete information on all
stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in
the stock market.
7. This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to
close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.
8. This created an administration that set fair prices on many products
and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair
business practices and promoting industrial growth.
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B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question on the back of
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Identify one objection that each of the following had to parts or all of the New
Deal: conservative groups such as the American Liberty League, liberals such as
Huey Long, and the Supreme Court.
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The Second New Deal Takes Hold
Section 2
A. Terms and Names In the middle column, identify one group of people that was
directly affected by the law or agency listed in the first column. In the third column,
identify one problem of the group that the law or agency addressed.
Law or Agency
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1. Soil Conservation and
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3. National Youth
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Why was Eleanor Roosevelt interested in the New Deal, and what role did she
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The New Deal Affects
Many Groups
A. Terms and Names If the statement is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false,
change the underlined word or words to make it true.
Example: Mexican Americans, most of whom worked as farm laborers, tended to
support the New Deal. ----'t""-r-'<'ve,___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Example: The Committee for Industrial Organization restored some reservation
lands to tribal ownership.
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1. Molly Dewson was the first woman cabinet member. As secretary of labor, she
played a major role in creating the Social Security system and in crafting labor
legislation.
2. Mary McLeod Bethune, an African-American educator, was appointed head
of the Division of Negro Affairs. She helped to organize a "Black Cabinet" of
influential African Americans to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues.
3. President Roosevelt appointed John Collier as Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
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IdentifY two groups that were part of the New Deal Coalition. What reasons did
these groups have for supporting the Roosevelt administration and its New Deal?
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Culture in the 1930s
Section 4
A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the name or title that matches the
description.
a. Grant Wood
b. Orson Welles
c. Richard Wright
d. Gone with the Wind
e. The Grapes ofWrath
l. His classic novel, Native Son, depicts the difficulties faced by a young
man trying to survive in a racist world.
2. His famous painting, American Gothic, depicts two stern-faced farmers standing stiffly in front of their farmhouse.
3. This classic novel written by John Steinbeck focuses on the difficulties faced by people who, forced off the Great Plains during the Dust
Bowl, move to California.
4. One of the most popular movies of all time, this sweeping drama
about life among Southern plantation owners during the Civil War
starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
5. This actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most
famous radio broadcasts of all time, "The War of the Worlds," and
directed the movie classic, Citizen Kane.
B. Extended Response Briefly answer the following question. If you need more
room, continue on the back of this paper.
Why do you think that movies and radio became as popular as they did during the
1930s? Give at least two reasons.
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The Impact of the New Deal
Section 5
A. Terms and Names Write the letter of the term that best matches the description.
A term may be used more than once.
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b.
c.
d.
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federal deficit
Social Security Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
e. Securities and Exchange Commission
f. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
g. National Labor Relations Board
l. This provides for an old-age insurance program.
2. This federally regulated crop price was intended to stabilize farmers'
incomes.
3. This provides for an unemployment compensation program.
4. This provides programs that aid needy families with children and the
needy disabled.
5. Under the second Agricultural Act, loans made to farmers were
based on this value of their surplus crops.
6. Created under the Wagner Act, this continues to act as a mediator in
disputes between unions and employers.
7. Created in 1934, this continues to monitor the stock market and
enforce laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds.
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control and build hydroelectric power plants.
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banking system by protecting people's savings against loss in the
event of a bank failure.
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