New Deal Test UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)- Immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Authorized the Treasury Department to inspect and close banks that weren't strong
enough
Emergency Banking Relief Act- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to restore public
confidence in banks
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Established FDIC, insured up to $5,000
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to restore
public confidence in banks
Federal Securities Act- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔required
corporations to provide complete info on all stock offerings
Federal Securities act- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔restore confidence in the
stock market
National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA)-immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to states to create jobs with the construction of schools and community
buildings
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔promote industrial growth
Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to families to offset prices, paid farmers to stop farming, lowered supply
and brought demand up to increase price
, Agricultural AAdjustment Act(AAA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔raise crop
prices and increase farmers' income
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔built
dams to provide cheap electricity to the Tennessee Valley region
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔create
prosperity in a poverty stricken area
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔put
people to work outside, young men ages 18 to 23
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reduce
unemployment and create jobs
Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔provided direct relief and basic needs
Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔raised self confidence because people felt like they earned the money
Public Works Administration(PWA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to states to create jobs by building schools and community buildings
Public Works Administration(PWA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reduce
unemployment and create jobs
Civil Works Administration(CWA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided 4 million immediate jobs by building schools and roads and paying teachers
Civil Works Administration(CWA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reuce
unemployment and create jobs
CORRECT Answers
Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)- Immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Authorized the Treasury Department to inspect and close banks that weren't strong
enough
Emergency Banking Relief Act- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to restore public
confidence in banks
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Established FDIC, insured up to $5,000
Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to restore
public confidence in banks
Federal Securities Act- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔required
corporations to provide complete info on all stock offerings
Federal Securities act- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔restore confidence in the
stock market
National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA)-immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to states to create jobs with the construction of schools and community
buildings
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔promote industrial growth
Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to families to offset prices, paid farmers to stop farming, lowered supply
and brought demand up to increase price
, Agricultural AAdjustment Act(AAA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔raise crop
prices and increase farmers' income
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔built
dams to provide cheap electricity to the Tennessee Valley region
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔create
prosperity in a poverty stricken area
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔put
people to work outside, young men ages 18 to 23
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reduce
unemployment and create jobs
Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔provided direct relief and basic needs
Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔raised self confidence because people felt like they earned the money
Public Works Administration(PWA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided money to states to create jobs by building schools and community buildings
Public Works Administration(PWA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reduce
unemployment and create jobs
Civil Works Administration(CWA)- immediate purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔provided 4 million immediate jobs by building schools and roads and paying teachers
Civil Works Administration(CWA)- long term goal - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔reuce
unemployment and create jobs
