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25 Cards in this Set
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This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system
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Glass-Steagall Banking Act
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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
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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This helped to create prosperity in a poverty stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, flood control projects, and power plants
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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This required corporations to provide complete info on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market
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Federal Securities Act
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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
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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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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National Industrial Recovery Act
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The Supreme Court ruled that the __ was unconstitutional on the grounds that its provisions were local matters and should be regulated by the states.
A. Federal Securities Act D. Fair Labor Standards Act C. Wagner Act D. Agricultural Adjustment Act |
D
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What was the first major action Roosevelt took as president?
A. He called the first meeting of the "Brain Trust" B. He proposed a reorganization of the Supreme Court C. He closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections D. He established the Civil Works Administration to provide job relief |
C
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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was most helpful to
A. farmers in isolated rural areas B. the unemployed, the aged, and the ill C. politicians and business owners D. mass-production industrial workers |
B
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Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?
A. regulate the stock market B. deregulate the nation's banking system C. decrease prices of farm goods D. increase crop production |
A
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Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
A. to increase farm production B. to raise prices of farm products C. to provide pensions for retired farmers D. to encourage more people to enter farming |
B
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____Broadcast radio sermons that combined economic, political, and religious ideas
A. Huey Long B. Charles Coughlin C. Francis Townsend D. President Roosevelt |
B
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____is spending more money than the government receives in revenue
A. deficit spending B. Glass-Steagall Act C. National Industrial Recovery Act D. Default Distractor 4 |
A
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Which of the following was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting people to work?
A. Social Security Act B. Fair Labor Standards Act C. National Labor Relations Act D. Works Progress Administration |
D
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Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, this originally protected up to $5,000 of an individual's bank account
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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This required corporations to provide complete, truthful info on all stock offerings
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Federal Securities Act
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This was created to reform, and to restore confidence in, the stock market by providing a means to monitor the market and to enforce laws regarding the sales of stocks and bonds
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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This set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen years of age
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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This rebuilt dams and provided hydroelectric power to an impoverished region
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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This protected the right of workers to join unions and established the National Labor Relations Board to settle disputes between employers and employees
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Wagner Act
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This provided for bank inspections by the Treasury Department and a means for making federal loans to solid banks
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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This provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities, poor mothers with dependent children, and the needy elderly
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Social Security Act
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This put hundreds of thousands of young, single men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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