9.2/3 Vocabulary

Question 1

Question: A federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as prevent floods?

Answer 1

Answer: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Question 2

Question: A government-supported level for the prices of agricultural products intended to keep farmers’ income steady?

Answer 2

Answer: Parity

Question 3

Question: An agency created in 1935 to prevent unfair labor practices and to mediate disputes between workers and management?

Answer 3

Answer: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Question 4

Question: Agency created in 1933 to ensure individuals’ bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures?

Answer 4

Answer: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Question 5

Question: An agency created in 1934 that monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds?

Answer 5

Answer: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Question 6

Question: A novel by John Steinbeck published in 1939 that deals with the family of Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California?

Answer 6

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Question 7

Question: African American writer whose novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was finished with WPA assistance?

Answer 7

Answer: Zora Neale Hurston

Question 8

Question: African American writer whose novel “Native Son” tells of a young man’s struggle against racism in society?

Answer 8

Answer: Richard Wright

Question 9

Question: American actor, writer, director, and producer. He worked in theater, radio, and film. He directed the acclaimed film “Citizen Kane” and in 1938 radio presentation of “The War of the Worlds” that convinced listeners the nation was under attack by aliens?

Answer 9

Answer: Orson Welles

Question 10

Question: The 1939 movie dealing with the life of southern plantation owners during the Civil War. One of the most popular films of all time?

Answer 10

Answer: Gone with the Wind

Question 11

Question: A labor organization composed of industrial unions, founded in 1938, and merged with the AFL in 1955?

Answer 11

Answer: Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

Question 12

Question: An alliance of diverse groups, including southern whites, African Americans, and unionized workers, who supported the political policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930s and 1940s?

Answer 12

Answer: New Deal Coalition

Question 13

Question: American politician and advocate for Native American rights. He served as commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration?

Answer 13

Answer: John Collier

Question 14

Question: African American leader and advocate. She served as director of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration and led the Black Cabinet of unofficial African American advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Answer 14

Answer: Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 15

Question: First American woman to head an executive department. She served as Secretary of Labor in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration, playing an important role in shaping New Deal jobs programs and labor policy?

Answer 15

Answer: Frances Perkins

Question 16

Question: A law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children?

Answer 16

Answer: Social Security Act

Question 17

Question: A law, also known as the National Labor Relations Act, enacted in 1935 to protect workers’ rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional?

Answer 17

Answer: Wagner Act

Question 18

Question: An agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression?

Answer 18

Answer: National Youth Administration (NYA)

Question 19

Question: An agency established as part of the Second New Deal that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and other fields?

Answer 19

Answer: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Question 20

Question: Wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and social reformer. She supported equal rights for women and African Americans?

Answer 20

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 21

Question: Louisiana politician and senator who criticized the New Deal and set up the “Share Our Wealth” society?

Answer 21

Answer: Huey Long

Question 22

Question: Government spending of more money than it receives in revenue?

Answer 22

Answer: Deficit Spending

Question 23

Question: A law enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth?

Answer 23

Answer: National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

Question 24

Question: An agency established as part of the New Deal to put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion control and flood control projects?

Answer 24

Answer: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 25

Question: A law enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production?

Answer 25

Answer: Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Question 26

Question: A law enacted in 1933 that required corporations to provide complete, accurate information on all stock offerings?

Answer 26

Answer: Federal Securities Act

Question 27

Question: The 1933 law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect individuals’ bank accounts?

Answer 27

Answer: Glass-Steagall Act

Question 28

Question: President Franklin Roosevelt’s program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform?

Answer 28

Answer: New Deal

Question 29

Question: 32nd President of the U.S. He led the U.S. during the Great Depression?

Answer 29

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt