Unit 5 - The 1920s and 1930s

Question 1

Agricultural Adjustment Act - acronym

Answer 1

AAA

Question 2

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Answer 2

Helped prevent farm prices from fluctuating by providing subsidies, restricting surplus, and providing education about how to care for the land

Question 3

Civilian Conservation Corps - acronym

Answer 3

CCC

Question 4

Civillian Conservation Corps

Answer 4

Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks as well as lower the amount of people looking for work in the cities

Question 5

Glass - Steagall Act - acronym

Answer 5

FDIC

Question 6

Glass - Steagall Act

Answer 6

Insured bank deposits up to $2500 in order to prevent future failures

Question 7

Public Works Administration - acronym

Answer 7

PWA

Question 8

Public Works Administration

Answer 8

Given approx. $3.3 billion to create construction jobs like bridges and roads

Question 9

Tennessee Valley Authority - acronym

Answer 9

TVA

Question 10

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 10

Government-sponsored construction of dams to prevent floods and provide electricity

Question 11

Wagner Act - acronym

Answer 11

NLRB

Question 12

Wagner Act

Answer 12

Ensured workers’ right to unions and organization and investigated potentially unfair working conditions

Question 13

Works Progress Administration - acronym

Answer 13

WPA

Question 14

Works Progress Administration

Answer 14

Created nearly 8.5 million jobs through construction but focused more on arts and literature

Question 15

Espionage Act of 1917

Answer 15

Prohibited anyone from using US mail to interfere with the war effort and the draft

Question 15

Three r’s of the First New Deal

Answer 15

Relief, recovery, and reform

Question 16

Sedition Act of 1918

Answer 16

Prohibited the prevention of selling war bonds, or to speak dials tingly of the govt, the flag, the military, or the constitution