US History
Name __________________
Date ____________BLK___
Unit 8 – The Great Depression and New Deal (1929 – 1941)
Review – FDR’s First and Second New Deals
I.
Directions: Complete the following as you review your notes for Unit 8 and read Chapter 13, Section 2 of
United States History: Reconstruction to the Present, pp. 396 – 411.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC)
Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA)
Civil Works Administration
(CWA)
Social Security Act
Eleanor Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Act
(NLRA)
Fireside Chats
Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA)
Word Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)
Works Progress
Administration (WPA)
Fair Labor Standards Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA)
National Recovery
Administration (NRA)
Public Works Administration
(PWA)
21st Amendment
Emergency Banking Bill
20th Amendment
Rural Electrification
Administration (REA)
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
Farm Security
Administration (FSA)
Farm Credit Administration
(FCA)
Home Owner’s Loan
Corporation (HOLC)
The “Brain Trust”
Federal Emergency Relief
Act (FERA)
1. The controversial __________________ was created to pay subsidies to farmers to end over production
on farms and raise the price of farm produce. It was unpopular and declared unconstitutional in 1935.
2. The _______________________ to aid the unemployed by providing money to numerous local and state
agencies for numerous public works projects around the nation.
3. ________________, FDR’s wife, played an active role in his Presidency and helped define the role of the
modern First Lady.
4. The _______________________, created in May 1936, it worked to provide electricity to rural areas. As a
result, 80% of American farms had access to electricity by 1950.
5. Passed in January 1935 as part of the 2nd New Deal, _____________________ created a pension system
for retirees, insurance for the unemployed, and aid to the disabled and poor families with children; the
cornerstone of our welfare system.
6. The ____________________, or “Lame Duck” Amendment was ratified to allow the incoming President to
take office on January 20th instead of in March.
7. In March 1933, Congress, at FDR’s urging, passed an ________________ to stop the run on banks that
closed all of them during a four-day bank “holiday” to allow audits to ensure financial stability.
8. FDR’s favorite New Deal program was the __________________, which employed nearly two million
young, single men to build parks (like Kentucky’s Natural Bridge State Park), cut trails, plant trees, and do
other work for $1.00 a day.
9. Perhaps the greatest of all New Deal public works programs, established in 1935, it eventually employed 8
million Americans, including artists and writers, and built 125,000 public buildings and 650,000 miles of
road? _________________________
10. This piece of New Deal legislation allowed homeowners access to low-interest bank loans to help them
make mortgage payments and keep their homes; forerunner to the Federal Housing Administration that
still helps low income home buyers today? _______________________
11. The ____________________ helped farmers restructure the terms of their mortgages and enabled many
struggling farmers to keep their farms during the depression.
12. Passed in1935, the Wagner Act, or ______________________, established the National Labor Relations
Board and granted workers the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining with their employers
for higher wages and better working conditions.
13. FDR’s informal, periodic radio addresses to the American people were called _____________.
14. The _____________________ officially ended the unsuccessful era of Prohibition in 1933.
15. This term was given to FDR’s diverse team of cabinet officers and advisors who helped him combat the
depression? ____________
16. This temporary FERA agency, known as the _____________________, provided the first shovel-ready jobs
to 1000’s of unemployed building or improving roads, sewer systems, schools, public parks, (plus
250,000 outhouses!) during the winter of 1933-34.
17. The _______________________ built a series of dams throughout the Tennessee River Valley to provide
jobs and hydroelectric power and flood control to parts of seven Southern states in 1933.
18. The _____________________ of 1938 established a $0.25/ hour minimum wage, a 44-hour workweek, and
abolished child labor for those under age 16.
19. _____________________ was created in 1933 to provide insurance to bank deposits up to $5000; in March
2013 it was upped from $100,000 to $250,000.
20. This New Deal agency employed thousands and created some 34,000 projects costing over $4 billion?
Many of these, such as New York City’s Tri-borough Bridge, the Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams, and
the Key West causeway, continue to serve America today? _____________________
21. The _____________________, whose symbol was the “blue eagle,” was enacted by Congress with the aid
of business leaders to establish codes of fair wages and competition to regulate industrial production. It
was declared unconstitutional in 1935.
22. The ____________________ was created by Congress in 1934 to license and regulate the stock market
and prosecute those engaged in fraudulent practices. The agency still serves these purposed today.
23. The ____________ was created to pay subsidies to farmers to end over production on farms and raise the
price of farm produce. It was later ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
24. The ______________________, created in 1937, would ultimately loan $1 billion to American farmers and
establish relief camps for homeless migrant farmers in the South and Dustbowl-ravaged Midwest.
25. One more time! What were the “3 R’s”? ________________, __________________, and
_____________________
The New Deal: Supporters and Critics
II. Directions: Refer to the page number(s) provided and answer each question regarding the New Deal’s
supporters, critics, and controversies. Use a separate sheet of paper if necessary.
1. What was the “Brain Trust” and what role did they play in the formation of the New Deal? (pp. 397-398)
2. What role did First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt play in FDR’s Administration? (pp. 412 – 413)
3. Many Conservatives (“The Right”) believed that the New Deal went too far. Identify three complaints this
group had against the New Deal. (p. 401)
4. Socialists and Communists (“The Left”) believed the New Deal didn’t do enough for the American people.
Briefly describe their complaints in the space below. (p. 402)
5. Identify the following populist critics/ demagogues of the New Deal and explain what each individual
proposed in opposition to FDR’s programs. (pp. 402-403)
a. Father Charles Coughlin
b. Dr. Francis Townsend
c. Governor/ Senator Huey P. Long
6. How did the Supreme Court ruling in the 1935 case Schecter Poultry v. United States impact the New
Deal’s NRA? (p. 410)
7. Why was FDR’s 1937 “court-packing scheme” controversial? (p. 410)
8. Why did FDR feel the need to “pack” the Supreme Court? (p. 410)
9. In the end, when it was all said and done, was FDR’s attempt to pack the court really necessary? (p. 410)
10. What was the “New Deal Coalition” and what was the long-term impact on the Democratic Party? (p. 415)