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Question

1. How might most of the programs in the Second New Deal be characterized?

a) They were focused on strategic arms buildup as Europe prepared for war.

b) They created a permanent social safety net.

c) They mostly created a long "bank holiday" to help financial institutions become more stable.

d) The provided immediate relief for the jobless.

2. What problems were the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act designed to address?

a) farmers over-investing in the stock market

b )overproduction and low prices for crops

c) the lack of usable farmland in the South and the West

d) unsanitary farming practices that spread disease

3. Which problem in the South did New Deal programs most directly alleviate?

a) Racial discrimination in employment.

b) Low wages compared to elsewhere in the country.

c) Industrial pollution in mill towns.

d) Historically low levels of cotton production.