New Deal and Great Society Policies

Question 1

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Answer 1

1935-1943
It was created to alleviate the mass unemployment of the Great Depression and by the time it was terminated in 1943, the WPA had put 8.5 million Americans back to work

Question 2

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 2

1933
Recruit unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation’s forests, parks and fields.

Question 3

Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 3

1933
Insured bank deposits against bank failure, up to a certain level

Question 4

Appalachian Regional
Development Act

Answer 4

1965. Established the Appalachian Regional Commission, which was tasked with overseeing economic development programs in the Appalachian region, as well as the construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System

Question 5

Social Security Act

Answer 5

1935
Provide payments for old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and economic aid. The most critical piece of the New Deal that still lives to this date

Question 6

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 6

1933
A federal agency tasked with the job of planning and developing the region through flood control, reforestation, and hydroelectric power; provided jobs, eased lives, encouraged industrial growth.

Question 7

Endangered Species Act

Answer 7

1973
Provided endangered species limited protection

Question 8

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Answer 8

1933
Offered farmers cash to limit agricultural production

Question 9

Economic Opportunity Act

Answer 9

1964
Laid the foundation of the War on Poverty. Established the Office of Economic Opportunity to direct and coordinate educational, employment and training programs.

Question 10

Medicare and Medicaid

Answer 10

1965
Health insurance programs for the elderly, low-income individuals and families

Question 11

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 11

1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. Authorized attorney general to bring lawsuits against schools practicing segregation and discouraged job discrimination.

Question 12

The Voting Rights Act

Answer 12

1965
Prohibited state and local governments from passing laws that discriminated against voters on the basis of race.

Question 13

Head Start

Answer 13

1965
a program designed to help underprivileged children to get a “head start” before 1st grade

Question 14

Public Broadcasting Act

Answer 14

1967
Provided financial assistance for non-commercial television and radio broadcasting

Question 15

Immigration Act

Answer 15

1965
Abolished the national origins formula, meaning that the preference was no longer given to the immigrants from the Western Europe

Question 16

The Omnibus Housing Bill of 1965

Answer 16

1965
Provided hefty rent subsidies for low-income people who moved into new housing projects, created grants to help low-income homeowners rehabilitate their properties, and aided small businesses displaced by urban renewal

Question 17

Security Exchange Commission

Answer 17

1934
oversees securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds in an effort to promote fair dealing, the disclosure of important market information, and to prevent fraud.