New Deal Trivia

Franklin D. Roosevelt, the "mind" behind the New Deal, won the presidential election in 1932 against which president (who had governed between 1929 and 1933)?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Woodrow Wilson

Herbert Hoover

Calvin Coolidge

Franklin D. Roosevelt belonged to which political party?

Republicans

Democrats

Greens

Conservationists

The New Deal program had three main aims, which were what?

Employment, Assistance, Saving

Relie Empowerment, Economic Boom

Relief, Recovery, Reform

Power, Protection, Prohibition

Roosevelt, first of all, closed all the banks for a holiday. He wanted to rescue the banks.

True

False

Not all of the USA saw the New Deal as a positive influence and method to get the country out of the Great Depression. Some extremely influential characters in American society did not support the New Deal. Who were they?

The Rich

The Republicans

The Big Businessmen

All of the above

Which bridge in New York was built under the New Deal?

George Washington Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Triborough Bridge

Manhattan Bridge

Which agency (ies) from the New Deal still exists today?

Social Security

Federal Housing Administration

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

All of the above

What does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) do?

Insures all deposits in member banks

Invests your money in the stock market

Helps builds bridges

Gives jobs to the unemployed

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