Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
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Vocabulary Builder
Section 1
DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the term in
the term pair that best completes the sentence.
1. During the 1932 presidential election campaign, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised
relief for the poor and more _______________________ programs—governmentfunded building projects. (public works/freedom jobs)
2. To convey his concern for those suffering through the Great Depression, President
Roosevelt gave many_______________________, in which he used the radio to
address and reassure the American people. (fireside chats/less-is-more speeches)
3. The period of intense government activity immediately after President Roosevelt took
office was aimed at bringing relief from the Great Depression and became known as
the _______________________. (Do or Die Days/Hundred Days)
4. President Roosevelt’s program to deal with the Great Depression was known as the
_______________________, a term Roosevelt coined during the presidential election
campaign. (Recovery Mandate/New Deal)
5. The Agricultural Adjustment Act gave farmers a government payment, or
_______________________, to grow fewer crops. (subsidy/subsistence)
6. Senator _______________________ set up an organization called the Share Our
Wealth Society, which called for higher taxes on the wealthy so that the government
could pay each American family a yearly income and a sum of money with which
they could purchase a home. (Huey P. Long/Francis Townsend)
7. To strengthen the nation’s shaky banking system, President Roosevelt issued an
executive order that _______________________ the temporary closing of all banks
while new banking laws were passed. (mandated/suggested)
8. The New Deal marked a _______________________ shift in the relationship
between government and the American people. (minor/significant)
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Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
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Vocabulary Builder
Section 2
DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a
statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.
_____ 1. In the flurry of activity during spring of 1935 that became known as the
Second Hundred Days, President Roosevelt launched the Better Deal.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 2. John L. Lewis led a group that broke away from the AFL in 1935 and formed
the CCC.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 3. In 1936 the United Auto Workers confronted General Motors with a sit-down
strike, a new type of labor action in which workers vowed to remain at the
factory day and night until the work dispute was settled.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 4. New Beginnings was a program that provided a guaranteed pension for many
Americans age 65 or older.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 5. A budget surplus occurs when a government spends more money than it takes
in.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 6. Classical economic theory stressed balanced budgets.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 7. John Maynard Keynes argued that deficit spending was acceptable if it
provided jobs and stimulated the economy.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 8. A fiery speaker and organizer, John L. Lewis was head of the United Mine
Workers.
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Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
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Vocabulary Builder
Section 3
Frances Perkins
Black Cabinet
swing
Dorothea Lange
Mary McLeod Bethune
DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains
at least one word from the word bank.
1. What group of African Americans became a powerful symbol of rising influence in
government, and how did the group help President Roosevelt?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
2. What were some characteristics of the new type of music that swept the country in
the 1930s?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
3. Who was the first woman to head an executive department in the federal government,
and which department did she head?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
4. Who was a celebrated chronicler of the Great Depression, and how did she raise
awareness of the poorest of the poor in America?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
5. Who was director of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration and headed
an unofficial group of advisers to President Roosevelt?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
The New Deal
Vocabulary Builder
Section 4
DIRECTIONS Look at each set of four terms. On the line provided, write
the letter of the term that does not relate to the others.
_____
_____ 1. a. Marian Anderson
b. income
c. workers
d. minimum wage
2. a. occupant
b. officeholder
c. incumbent
d. labor
DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a
statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write
the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a
true statement.
_____ 3. When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow
Marian Anderson to hold a concert at a hall that they owned, Eleanor
Roosevelt arranged to have the singer perform on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 4. The Fair Labor Standards Act established a salary cap, the lowest wage that
an employer can legally pay a worker.
______________________________________________________________
_____ 5. A person who already holds an office is an aficionado.
______________________________________________________________
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