People
The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
Roosevelt delivered informal radio speeches called ______________________.
What are "Fireside Chats"?
The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Employed millions to build public schools, bridges, and hospitals.
What is the Works Progress Administration
(WPA)
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers?
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This government program brought jobs to the south and electricity
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority? (TVA)
The 3 R's of Roosevelt's New Deal
What is Relief, Recovery and Reform?
The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan.
Who is Huey Long?
The 1935 act set up financial aid for retirees over 65, state-run unemployment insurance, and support for dependent children and people with disabilities.
What is Social Security?
The Southern Plains primarily encompasses Texas, Oklahoma and ______________.
What is Kansas?
Regulates the Stock Market and makes it a safer place for investment
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
(SEC)
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment?
The person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month.
Who is Francis Townsend?
To not do something you were supposed to do (like paying a bill)
What is default?
Month, Day, and Year the Stock Market crashed?
What is October 29, 1929?
Program that intended to put young men, 18-25, back to work
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
(CCC)
This person documented the Great Depression through photography. (hint: Migrant Mother)
Who is Dorothea Lange?
A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI that claimed that Jews and Communists were ruining the country
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
What is the Wagner Act?
This person was a notorious gangster that funded one of the first and largest Soup Kitchens in Chicago.
Who is Al Capone?
This insures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC? (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
This Act of 1887 was not benefiting the Native Americans
What is the Dawe's Act?