Great Depression

Who was most responsible for the passage of the New Deal laws that were passed to help the US out of the Great Depression?

Which American novel provides a vivid depiction of the difficulties individuals faced during the Great Depression?

Why did the federal government create the TVA policy in 1933?

Which of the following New Deal agencies still provides for monetary assistance to retired individuals in the US?

In order to protect consumer investments in the Stock Market which New Deal program was created?

Why did President Roosevelt make this statement? *
“The tools of government which we have in 1933 are outmoded. We have to forge new tools for a new role of government in a democracy- a role of new responsibility for new needs and increased responsibility for old needs, long neglected.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to reassure the American public during uncertain economic times by _____

The Federal Housing Administration is a New Deal agency that continues to assist many Americans primarily by _____

Which of the following might have reduced the effects of the Dust Bowl?

In 1936 the Supreme Court declared this New Deal Agency, which was passed in 1933 to reduce overproduction by paying farmers to be inactive, unconstitutional.

What best refers to the following: In order to help the US, President Roosevelt believed in immediate action to try to stop the Great Depression, temporary programs to stimulate consumerism, and permanent programs to avoid another depression and protect citizens.

Last Thursday I described the American form of Government as a three horse team provided by the Constitution to the American people so that their field might be plowed. The three horses are, of course, the three branches of government—the Congress, the Executive and the Courts. Two of the horses are pulling in unison today; the third is not. —President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937 *
Many member of Congress disagreed with Roosevelt's proposed solution to the problem above because---

"For the purpose of enabling each State to furnish financial assistance, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to aged needy individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated... for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this title. - Social Security Act of 1935, Title 1, Section 1 *
How did the legislation excerpted above affect the relationship between the U.S. government and its citizens?