Economic Developments: Impacts of New Deal Policies on the South and West

Question 1

What act made it so that land could no longer be bought in the West by American citizens?

Answer 1

Taylor Grazing Act

Question 2

Which alphabet agency helped provide electricity to rural farms in the first New Deal?

Answer 2

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 3

What year was the Taylor Grazing Act passed?

Answer 3

1934

Question 4

What act reversed the cultural assimilation of Indian Americans?

Answer 4

Indian Reorganization Act

Question 5

What year was the Indian Reorganization Act passed?

Answer 5

1934

Question 6

How many miles of roads did the Public Works Administration make?

Answer 6

50,000 miles of roads

Question 7

Which prominent newspaper monopoly owner opposed the New Deal?

Answer 7

William Randolph Hearst

Question 7

How much did farmers’ incomes go up from 1929 to 1949 due to the TVA?

Answer 7

Went up by 200%

Question 7

How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration help with cotton prices from 1933 to 1934?

Answer 7

Cotton prices went up by 4 cents

Question 8

Why did William Randolph Hearst oppose the New Deal?

Answer 8

He felt it was creating insufficient government spending