Roosevelt's New Deal Programs Alpha Soup

Question 1

Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)

Answer 1

Authorized the Treasury Department to inspect and close banks.
Goal - to raise public confidence in banks.

Question 2

Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933

Answer 2

This act established the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Goal - to build public trust in the banking system

Question 3

Federal Securities Act

Answer 3

This act required the stock market to provide complete information on all stock offerings
Goal - To restore confidence in the stock market

Question 4

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

Answer 4

This act helped factories establish fair labor practices and fair prices.
Goal - to help businesses recover

Question 5

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Answer 5

This act helped farmers to lower food production and destroy crops.
Goal - to raise crop prices and farm income.

Question 6

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Answer 6

This act provided money to build dams for flood control.
Goal - to help the poverty stricken areas of the Tennessee Valley

Question 7

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 7

This act put young men to work building roads, parks, flood control and soil erosion projects.
Goal - to employ people

Question 8

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) (word Relief means giving money to help people directly

Answer 8

This act gave money to the neediest people including the unemployed, aged and sick.
Goal - to help the neediest people

Question 9

Public Works Administration (PWA)

Answer 9

This act provided money to states for the construction of schools and community buildings.
Goal - to create jobs

Question 10

What are the 3 Rs of the Roosevelt New Deal?

Answer 10

Relief - direct assistance to the unemployed and poor.
Recovery - help the sick economy get better with government spending and job creation.
Reform - reform the financial system to prevent another great depression.