President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” policies did NOT include which of the following?
a. creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect deposits in commercial banks during the Great Depression
b. creation of federal jobs by hiring the Depression-era unemployed to perform various public works
c. creation of a social security program that provided old-age benefits
d. creation of free trade zones with Mexico and Canada
e. creation of unemployment insurance benefits
ANS: D
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