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How many Justices are on the US Supreme Court?
9
He was the president of the USA when the Great Depression began.
Herbert Hoover
Relief, Recovery and _______.
Reform
FDR was from this state and served as its governor.
New York
Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to _______.
California
How many Justices were on the FIRST US Supreme Court?
6
During the 1930's, the national debt _______.
This was probably the most popular New Deal Program...CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
He promised to give every family $5,000.
Huey Long
Today, the FDIC insures peoples monies for up to how much per bank?
$250,000
How many Justices did FDR want to add to the US Supreme Court?
6
Dry farming techniques, drought, soil erosion, and the cultivation of marginal farmlands on the Great Plains brought about this.
The Dust Bowl
The most immediate threat facing Roosevelt when he became president was the collapse of international _______.
Trade
Who was the champion of the dispossessed (poor and minorities) in FDR's administration?
Eleanor Roosevelt
The first months of FDR's presidency has been referred to as what?
The Hundred Days
If FDR was successful in adding members to the US Supreme Court, how many would there have been?
15
FDR's "managed currency" policy was aimed at stimulating what?
Inflation
Which act created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which insured individual bank deposits?
The Glass-Steagall Act
President Roosevelt's chief administrator of relief was.......
Harry Hopkins
Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead brought widespread contributions to the field of _______.
Anthropology
In 1930 there were 13 million radios. To the nearest ten million, about how many were there in 1940?
28 million (About 30 Million)
World War II
This program (act) failed mostly due to it requiring too much sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.
National Recovery Act (NRA)
Nicknamed the Brown Bomber
Joe Louis
New Deal program that is considered somewhat of a safety net for senior citizens when they retire.
Social Security