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What act established the FDIC to restore confidence in banks?

Glass-Steagall Act (Banking Act of 1933)

Which agency provided direct relief like food and clothing during the Depression?

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Which program built dams, power plants, and electrified a poor region?

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Which act paid farmers to reduce production to raise crop prices?

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Which program put young men to work building roads and parks?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Who was the first female cabinet member and key architect of Social Security?

Frances Perkins

Who led the Division of Negro Affairs and organized the 'Black Cabinet'?

Mary McLeod Bethune

What period gave FDR sweeping power to pass relief legislation?

First Hundred Days

Which controversial priest criticized FDR and later lost credibility?

Father Charles Coughlin

Which amendment moved the presidential inauguration from March to January?

20th Amendment

True or False – The Grapes of Wrath realistically portrayed Dust Bowl migrants.

True

True or False – Speculation helped cause the Stock Market Crash.

True

True or False – Huey Long successfully gave every family $5,000 through Share Our Wealth.

False – It was proposed but never fully implemented.

True or False – Eleanor Roosevelt was Theodore Roosevelt’s wife.

False – She was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wife.

What was the nickname for FDR’s close advisors?

Brain Trust

What program created old-age insurance?

Social Security

Which agency regulates crop prices to stabilize farm income?

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Which board, created under the Wagner Act, mediates labor disputes?

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Which agency monitors the stock market (created in 1934)?

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

What was the significance of Dr. Francis Townsend?

Proposed pension plan that pressured FDR and influenced Social Security.

What was Justice Roberts known for during the New Deal era?

Helped strike down early New Deal laws; later upheld others (‘switch in time’).

Why is the Dow Jones Industrial Average significant in the Depression?

Its collapse symbolized the Stock Market Crash and start of the Great Depression.