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[www.studenthandouts.com](www.studenthandouts.com)  \nIn its early years, the New Deal sponsored a remarkable series of legislative initiativesand achieved significant increases in production and prices – but it did not bring an end to the Depression. As the sense of immediate crisis eased, new demands emerged. Businessmen mourned the end of\"laissez-faire\" and chafed under the regulations of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) . Vocal attacks also mounted from the political left and right as dreamers, schemers, and politicians alike emerged with economic panaceas that drew wide audiences. Dr. Francis E. Townsend advocated generous old-age pensions. Father Charles Coughlin, the\"radio priest,\" called for inflationary policies and blamed international bankers in speeches increasingly peppered with anti-Semitic imagery. Most formidably, Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana, an eloquent and ruthless spokesman for the displaced, advocated a radical redistribution of wealth. (If he had not been assassinated in September 1935, Long very likely would have launched a presidential challenge to Franklin Roosevelt in 1936.)  \n1. In its early years, the New Deal brought about an end to the Depression.  \na. True  \nb. False  \n2. What did Father Charles Coughlin call for?  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \n3. What Louisiana politician advocated a radical redistribution of wealth?  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \nIn the face of these pressures, President Roosevelt backed a new set of economic and social measures. Prominent among them were measures to fight poverty, create more work for the unemployed, and provide a social safety net.  \nThe Works Progress Administration (WPA), the principal relief agency of the so-called second New Deal, was the biggest public works agency yet. It pursued small-scale projects throughout the country, constructing buildings, roads, airports, and schools. Actors, painters, musicians, and writers were employed through the Federal Theater Project, the Federal Art Project, and the Federal Writers Project. The National Youth Administration gave part-time employment to students, established training programs, and provided aid to unemployed youth. The WPA only included about three million jobless at a time; when it was abandoned in 1943, it had helped a total of nine million people.  \n4. What government organization was the principal relief agency of the second New Deal?  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \n_______________________________________________  \nVisit www.studenthandouts.com for free interactive test-prep games…no log-in required!  \nName:   Date:   Class:    \n5. What government organization gave parttime employment to students?  \na. American Medical Association  \nb. Federal Theater Project  \nc. National Youth Administration  \nd. Works Progress Administration  \nThe New Deal's cornerstone, according to Roosevelt, was the Social Security Act of 1935 . Social Security created a system of stateadministered welfare payments for the poor, unemployed, and disabled based on matching state and federal contributions. It also established a national system of retirement benefits drawing on a “trust fund” created by employer and employee contributions. Many other industrialized nations had already enacted such programs, but calls for such an initiative in the United States had gone unheeded. Social Security today is the largest domestic program administered by the U.S. government.  \n6. What did Franklin D. Roosevelt consider tobe the cornerstone of the New Deal?  \n_______________________________________________  \n_____________________________________________","cbCaimrQotp3FmD0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimrQotp3FmD0","pdf",154884,"English","# Reading Comprehension Questions\n## True/False and Short Answer\n## Multiple Choice and Open-Ended Prompt","[{\"question\":\"What does the worksheet say about the New Deal ending the Depression?\",\"answer\":\"It states that in its early years the New Deal brought about an end to the Depression, presented as a true/false claim for students to judge.\"},{\"question\":\"Which government organization was the principal relief agency of the second New Deal?\",\"answer\":\"The worksheet says it was the Works Progress Administration (WPA).\"},{\"question\":\"What law targeted wealthy taxation and what other acts are mentioned alongside it?\",\"answer\":\"It refers to a “Wealth Tax Act” that increased taxes on the wealthy, along with the National Labor Relations Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act, and a Banking Act expanding the Federal Reserve Board’s power.\"}]","The Second New Deal - Worksheet - Reading Comprehension Questions | PDF",1792382673]