18th
The president who passed the New Deal.
FDR
polio
What crashed in 1929?
Stock Market
The amendment repealing (getting rid of) Prohibition.
21st
The three Rs of the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Was FDR a Republican or Democrat?
Democrat
Deficit
The organization was started after Prohibition ended by a stockbroker and surgeon. Its goal is to help people stop using alcohol through a set of 12 steps.
Alcoholics Anonymous
This agency supported labor unions, and established minimum wages as well as caps on how many hours someone could work.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This decision ended up being a good idea in order to give the government the chance to investigate the banks.
Bank Holiday
This is the name given to the religious movement that supported the Prohibition amendment.
Temperance movement
This act is still in effect today, and gives Americans 65 and older a baseline retirement income. It also provides unemployment income and disability payments.
Social Security Act
What state was FDR from?
New York
This policy says the government should leave the economy alone and not get involved.
Laissez-faire
How long it took the government to pass the 21st amendment.
Under one year.
This program was an ambitious way of creating jobs by employing people to build infrastructure, such as bridges, roads, schools and other projects.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
FDR's famous question to voters in 1936
"Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"
This economist said the government should spend money when there's a downturn in order to create jobs.
Keynes