Sign up for FREE

Formative 4(D): New Deal (11/2/2025)

Last updated 3 months ago

5 questions

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Required

1

Question 1

1.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

Question 2

2.

The goals of these New Deal agencies support the conclusion that the New Deal....

Gave preference to state-run agencies over federally run agencies.

Forced citizens to participate in federal programs

Forced the federal government to adopt isolationist foreign policies.

Gave the federal government a larger role in the day-to-day welfare of its citizens.

Question 3

3.

Which New Deal agency was created to specifically serve this population?

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Federal Housing Administration.

Social Security Administration.

Securities and Exchange Commission.

Question 4

4.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to reassure the American public during uncertain economic times by —

Making short appearances in a variety of Hollywood films

Delivering a series of evening radio speeches known as fireside chats

Publishing a weekly news editorial titled “The Road to Prosperity and Peace”

Holding weekly town-hall meetings with average citizens

Question 5

5.

This satirical cartoon expresses a sentiment that eventually contributed to —

The issuance of a Supreme Court ruling declaring it unconstitutional for members of the same political party to serve consecutive terms as president.

The establishment of a congressional committee to investigate private presidential conduct.

The passage of a federal statute prohibiting foreign companies from contributing to presidential campaigns.

The ratification of a constitutional amendment establishing term limits for presidents.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

32nd President of the United States. Elected to 4 terms. Helped create the New Deal

New Deal

Social programs created to fix the issues of the Great Depression and stimulate the economy through Relief, Recovery, and Reform

FDIC

Reform create through the New Deal that insured people's bank deposits so that people would have trust in banks again

Herbert Hoover

Security Exchange Commission-created to be a watchdog over businesses and the stock market to prevent fraud

AAA

Direct relief to farmers to help them through the Great Depression

SSA

Building project that created jobs in the Tennessee Valley by building dams to provide electricity to rural areas 

TVA

Social Security-provides money for disabled and retired workers

SEC

31st President of the U.S. Believed in laissez-faire and "Rugged Individualism." Many blamed his policies for the Great Depression