Unit Eight - The Great Depression - Laws

Question 1

What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

Answer 1

What it Did:

Paid farmers not to grow crops to reduce production

Result:

Prices Rose and Farmers Made a Profit

Question 2

What was the Works Progress Administration?

Answer 2

What it Did:
Built public buildings as well as artists and musicians

Result:

Provided jobs (money) and new public resources

Question 3

What was the Civilian Construction Corporation?

Answer 3

What it Did:

Hired men for planting trees, build bridges, etc.

Result:

Provided jobs and improved daily life

Question 4

What was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?

Answer 4

What it Did and Result:

Provided Money for the Poor

Question 5

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?

Answer 5

What it Did:

Built dams to provide cheap electricity

Result:

Established Jobs and Improved Quality Life

Question 6

What was the Rural Electrification Administration?

Answer 6

What it Did:

Government Funded the Electrification in Rural Areas

Result:

Businesses were created

Question 6

What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

Answer 6

What it Did:

Kept the deposited money in the bank safe

Result:

Prevented the Great Depression from Restarting

Question 7

What is the National Recovery Administration?

Answer 7

What it Did:
Enforced Regulations on
1. Production
2. Prices
3. Wages

Result:

1. Minimum Wages Increased
2. Controlled Competition for Businesses to Recover

Question 8

What was the Wagner Act?

Answer 8

What it Did:

1. GUARANTEED the Rights of Unions
2. Prevented Businesses from Firing People Based on Being in a Union

Result:

1. Job Protection
2. Fair Wages and Working Conditions

Question 9

What was the Social Security Act?

Answer 9

What it Did:

Set Up Retirement Pensions that Are Collected from Taxes

Result:

1. People were Able to Retire
2. Protection in the Future in Case Savings were Lost