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The New Deal Vocabulary Builder

Section 1

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1 The New Deal

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the term in

the term pair that best completes the sentence.

1. During the 1932 presidential election campaign, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised

relief for the poor and more _______________________ programs—government-

funded building projects. (public works/freedom jobs)

2. To convey his concern for those suffering through the Great Depression, President

Roosevelt gave many_______________________, in which he used the radio to

address and reassure the American people. (fireside chats/less-is-more speeches)

3. The period of intense government activity immediately after President Roosevelt took

office was aimed at bringing relief from the Great Depression and became known as

the _______________________. (Do or Die Days/Hundred Days)

4. President Roosevelt’s program to deal with the Great Depression was known as the

_______________________, a term Roosevelt coined during the presidential election

campaign. (Recovery Mandate/New Deal)

5. The Agricultural Adjustment Act gave farmers a government payment, or

_______________________, to grow fewer crops. (subsidy/subsistence)

6. Senator _______________________ set up an organization called the Share Our

Wealth Society, which called for higher taxes on the wealthy so that the government

could pay each American family a yearly income and a sum of money with which

they could purchase a home. (Huey P. Long/Francis Townsend)

7. To strengthen the nation’s shaky banking system, President Roosevelt issued an

executive order that _______________________ the temporary closing of all banks

while new banking laws were passed. (mandated/suggested)

8. The New Deal marked a _______________________ shift in the relationship

between government and the American people. (minor/significant)

Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________


Section 2


2 The New Deal

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a

statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write

the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a

true statement.

_____ 1. In the flurry of activity during spring of 1935 that became known as the

Second Hundred Days, President Roosevelt launched the Better Deal.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 2. John L. Lewis led a group that broke away from the AFL in 1935 and formed

the CCC.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 3. In 1936 the United Auto Workers confronted General Motors with a sit-down

strike, a new type of labor action in which workers vowed to remain at the

factory day and night until the work dispute was settled.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 4. New Beginnings was a program that provided a guaranteed pension for many

Americans age 65 or older.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 5. A budget surplus occurs when a government spends more money than it takes

in.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 6. Classical economic theory stressed balanced budgets.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 7. John Maynard Keynes argued that deficit spending was acceptable if it

provided jobs and stimulated the economy.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 8. A fiery speaker and organizer, John L. Lewis was head of the United Mine

Workers.

Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________


Section 3


3 The New Deal

Frances Perkins Black Cabinet Mary McLeod Bethune

swing Dorothea Lange

DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains

at least one word from the word bank.

1. What group of African Americans became a powerful symbol of rising influence in

government, and how did the group help President Roosevelt?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

2. What were some characteristics of the new type of music that swept the country in

the 1930s?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

3. Who was the first woman to head an executive department in the federal government,

and which department did she head?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

4. Who was a celebrated chronicler of the Great Depression, and how did she raise

awareness of the poorest of the poor in America?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

5. Who was director of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration and headed

an unofficial group of advisers to President Roosevelt?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________


Section 4


4 The New Deal

DIRECTIONS Look at each set of four terms. On the line provided, write

the letter of the term that does not relate to the others.

_____ 1. a. Marian Anderson

b. income

c. workers

d. minimum wage

_____ 2. a. occupant

b. officeholder

c. incumbent

d. labor

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a

statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write

the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a

true statement.

_____ 3. When the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow

Marian Anderson to hold a concert at a hall that they owned, Eleanor

Roosevelt arranged to have the singer perform on the steps of the

Lincoln Memorial.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 4. The Fair Labor Standards Act established a salary cap, the lowest wage that

an employer can legally pay a worker.

______________________________________________________________

_____ 5. A person who already holds an office is an aficionado.

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