Chapter 23 Test Review A New Deal Fights

Chapter 23 Test Review

A New Deal Fights Depression Chapter 23 section 1

FDR’s programs to end the Great Depression The New Deal

This law created insurance for Bank Deposits The Glass-Steagall Banking Act

What Program aimed to help farmers? Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers not to grow in order to stimulate prices

Name the job creating programs of the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps Works Progress Administration National Youth Administration

This Louisiana politician criticized the new deal Huey Long

The Second New Deal Takes Hold Chapter 23 section 2

This law protected workers’ rights The Wagner Act

What is Social Security? Provides financial assistance for the disabled and unemployed and pensions for the elderly

How did Eleanor Roosevelt affect The New Deal She spoke up greatly on behalf of the poor, minorities and women.

The New Deal Affects Many Groups Chapter 23 section 3

Who was Frances Perkins? The Secretary of Labor under FDR and first female member of The Cabinet

This man was the Commissioner on Indian Affairs John Collier

Head of the Office of Minority Affairs for the NYA Mary Mc. Leod Bethune

What was the New Deal Coalition? Voters from a number of different groups that supported the Democratic party because of the New Deal.

What were some of the groups in the New Deal Coalition? Southern Whites, African Americans, union workers, city people

Society & Culture Chapter 23 section 4

This was a popular movie of the 1930’s Gone With the Wind

This novel depicted life of a migrant farming family during the Dust Bowl Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

How did the New Deal support the arts? The Federal Theater Project supported playwrights The Federal Arts Project paid artists for art for public places The Federal Writers project funded writers Richard Wright was one writer and won the Pulitzer

Impact of The New Deal Chapter 23 section 5

What is deficit spending? When a government spends more money than comes in

What is the Securities & Exchange Commission? Regulates the stock market

What is the FDIC? Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and insures savings in banks

What is the Tennessee Valley Authority Work Project that prevented floods and provided electricity for rural people