New Deal Programs

Question 1

What New Deal program provided loans to private industry to build public works such as dams, ports, bridges, sewage plants, government buildings, power plants, airports, hospitals, and other
useful projects?

Answer 1

Public Works Administration

PWA

Question 2

What New Deal program provided jobs and relocation for young men (18-25) in rural settings under direction of U.S. Army?

Answer 2

Civilian Conservation Corps

CCC

Question 3

What New Deal program helped to bring electricity to rural “pockets of poverty” that could not afford lines?

Answer 3

Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA

Question 4

What were the three “Rs” of the New Deal?

Answer 4

Recovery
Relief
Reform

Question 5

What New Deal program limited farm production to help raise prices, and was paid for by taxing food processors?

Answer 5

The Agricultural Adjustment Act

AAA

Question 6

What New Deal program created the NATIONAL RECOVERY

ADMINISTRATION [NRA], which administered process for devising industry-wide codes of fair business practices.

Answer 6

The National Industrial Revovery Act

NIRA

Question 7

What New Deal program regulated stock and bond trading; regulated exchanges where stocks and bonds are sold, and legislated requirements for disclosure of fair stock information

Answer 7

The Securities Exchange Commission

SEC

Question 8

What New Deal program gave money to states to build 225,000 miles of roads, 30,000 schools, and 3,700 playing fields and athletic grounds?

Answer 8

The Civil Works Administration

CWA

Question 9

What New Deal program insured savings of bank depositors and monitored soundness of insured banking institutions?

Answer 9

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDIC

Question 10

Which New Deal program reaffirmed labor’s

rights to bargain for wages, hours, and working conditions, to strike, and to arbitration of grievances?

Answer 10

The National Labor Relations Board

NLRB