History 7.10 Quiz Part 1

What were the three R's of the New Deal?

• Relief

• Recovery

• Reform

• Refund

• Reimburse

Event during Roosevelt's presidency in which he closed all of nation's banks so that the government had time to examine and fix the banks and open only the ones that were.

created to guarantee bank deposits (because without this before, people lost all their money when the banks went bankrupt)

$500 million provided for distribution by states and cities for direct relief and work through this act

provided jobs through construction projects

provided work to men ages 18 to 25 conserving national resources by creating state forests, building the Appalachian Trial, Red Rocks Amphitheater, and restoring totem poles

provided jobs for 25% of Americans with public works projects and employing artists

act passed which worked with businesses to help them recover by setting "codes of fair competition" within industries to maintain prices, minimum wages, and maximum hours

The following acts and organizations of the New Deal were later declared unconstitutional:

• National Recovery Administration (NIRA)

• 1st Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration Act

• Works Program Administration Act

act that aimed to raise farmers' incomes by cutting the amount of surplus crops and livestock