Great Depression/New Deal

Question 1

This New Deal program set up factory elections by secret ballot to determine whether workers wanted a union

Answer 1

Committee For industrial Organization (CIO)

Question 2

A benefits system in 1933 for people who are retired, jobless, or have a disability. A payroll tax funds these benefits

Answer 2

Social Security Act

Question 3

Allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve Americas public lands

Answer 3

Civilian Conservation Corp

Question 4

Protection of a bank customers money, required banks to act cautiously with their customers money and set up the FDIC

Answer 4

Glass-Steagall Act

Question 5

Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which was achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount

Answer 5

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Question 6

What event is considered the beginning of the Great Depression

Answer 6

Wall Street Crash

Question 7

What term is used to describe shantytowns that emerged during the Great Depression

Answer 7

Hooverville

Question 8

What was the nickname given to the group of veterans who marched to Washington DC demanding early payment

Answer 8

Bonus Marchers

Question 9

Which New Deal agency was responsible for insuring bank deposits and stabilizing the banking system

Answer 9

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)