The Second New Deal

Question 1

Which of the following did Townsend advocate for and include in the Social Security Act of 1935?

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monthly financial assistance for retired Americans

Question 2

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs building and repairing

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public infrastructure.

Question 3

Which of the following reforms in the Second New Deal helped millions of retired Americans with financial difficulties?

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the Social Security Act of 1935

Question 4

The WPA helped the economy by

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creating jobs.

Question 5

Which of the following programs in the Second New Deal provided part-time work to young people?

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the Works Progress Administration

Question 6

The 1933 National Industry Recovery Act

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gave employees the right to bargain collectively.

Question 7

Study the graph.Which best reflects the data provided for African Americans' unemployment rates during this period?

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African Americans experienced higher unemployment rates than white Americans, even after the New Deal.

Question 8

Read the quotation from FDR’s presidential statement when he signed the Social Security Act. “Young people have come to wonder what would be their lot when they came to old age. The man with a job has wondered how long the job would last.” Which of the following best describes the people to whom Roosevelt is referring?

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the young, the retired, and the unemployed

Question 9

Which of the following oversaw the Federal One project in the 1930s?

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the Works Progress Administration

Question 10

Which of the following pieces of legislation was also known as the Wagner Act?

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the National Labor Relations Act

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