This person was the 32nd President of the United States.
Who is FDR
100
Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness
What is Polio
100
1935 Law that set up a pension system for retirees
What is the Social Security Act.
100
This reached 25% (of the population) during the 1930's
What is unemployment
100
FDR is the only President to serve this many terms
What is 4
200
This former First Lady inspired many women by writing a newspaper column.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
Program that provided jobs for 2 million men replanting forests and more.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
200
Process in which employers negotiate wages with labor unions
What is Collective Bargaining
200
The unemployment rate reached 50% for these people
during the depression.
What are African Americans
200
FDR's program to promote economic recovery.
What is the New Deal
300
This person wrote the book "The Grapes of Wrath"
Who is John Steinbeck
300
Government agency that insures bank deposits.
What is FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
300
New Deal Law that abolished unfair labor practices.
What is the Wagner Act
300
1930's program that gave Native Americans economic assistance and greater control over their own affairs
Indian New Deal
300
During FDR's first 100 days as President he passed how many Bills?
What is 15
400
A famous depression photographer who created powerful images of impoverished farmers and migrant workers.
Who Dorothea Lange
400
In 1933, Congress created this to build dams for electric power.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
400
Set minimum wages for workers and minimum prices for goods.
What is the National Recovery Administration (NRA)
400
Critics of the New Deal formed this American political organization.
What is the American Liberty League
400
Informal radio broadcast in which FDR communicated with the American people
What are fireside chats
500
This person wrote several plays featuring strong roles for women.
Who is Lillian Hellman
500
Government payment to farmers
What are farm subsidies
500
The First New Deal legislation had these three goals.
What is relief, recovery, reform
500
1938 radio drama that was so realistic many people feared that Martians were actually invading
What is War of the Worlds
500
The first federal legislative initiative specifically intended to regulate stock exchanges and publicly-held companies that distributed securities (i.e., stocks and bonds) to the public.
What is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)