The New Deal
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| Which New Deal program gave subsidies to farmers to reduce their crop reduction? | Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
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| Who was the Kansas governor who ran for president against FDR in 1936? | Alfred Landon
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| Which New Deal program gave jobs to unemployed men doing environmental projects? | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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| What is a dole? | Government charity
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| Who was the man who had lots of support from elderly Americans because of his ideas for Social Security? | Dr. Francis Townsend
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| Which New Deal program was headed by Harry Hopkins? | Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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| How much money did the FERA distribute to state and local relief agencies? | $500 million
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| How did Eleanor Roosevelt influence her husband's presidency? | Helped to pass child labor laws, gave women more of a voice in politics, made the president more accessible to Americans
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| Who was the demagogue who had a radio show where he pushed for the nationalization of banks? | Father Charles Coughlin
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| What is the term for the frequent radio addresses FDR gave during his presidency? | Fireside chats
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| Who was FDR's Secretary of Labor who worked for a minimum wage law? | Frances Perkins
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| Who was FDR's Secretary of the Interior who worked to improve race relations? | Harold Ickes
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| Which New Deal program was Harry Hopkins in charge of? | Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
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| Who was the senator who launched the "Share Our Wealth" campaign and was later assassinated? | Huey P. Long
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| What was Roosevelt's time of intense legislation called? | The Hundred Days
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| Who was the author of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934? | John Collier
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| What is a moratorium? | A temporary shutdown of operations
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| Within the first two years after this law was passed, union membership increased by one million members. | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
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| This group of Americans were among the poorest in the nation during the Depression. | Native Americans
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| Roosevelt wanted to maintain support from Southern whites; therefore, he did not push to abolish this. | Poll tax
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| People who were unemployed for more than three years could apply for this. | Public aid
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| Because of this law, electricity had been extended to 90 percent of all American farms. | Rural Electrification Act
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| Roosevelt worried that this law might lead to more strikes since it strengthened the power of unions. | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
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| This law started pension and survivors' benefits for the elderly and the orphaned. | Social Security Act
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| What are three facts about the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union? | Went on strike to obtain raises, showed blacks and whites could work together, petitioned the Department of Agriculture
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| Which law was designed to protect investors from fraud in the stock market? | Truth-in-Securities Act
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| Who was FDR's Secretary of the Treasury who came up with a plan for dealing with the banking crisis? | William Woodin
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| Which New Deal program sponsored a $300,000 project in San Antonio for a walkway along the river? | Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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