He won the election of 1932, beating the incumbent president in a landslide (full name only).
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
100
This closed all banks until they were stable enough to reopen.
What is the bank holiday?
100
This gave government loans to homeowners facing foreclosure.
What is the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)?
200
The name for FDR's policies to bring the country out of the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal?
200
This insured all bank accounts up to $5,000 dollars when it was created in 1932 (now it insures accounts for much more).
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
200
This distributed federal money to the states in order to provide direct relief for the needy.
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Fund (FERA)?
300
He won the election of 1936.
Who is FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)?
300
This sought to raise crop prices by giving incentives to farmers to lower production.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
300
This was created to make as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible. It employed mostly unskilled workers, but also employed professionals to paint murals and perform plays (among other things).
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
400
FDR lost the use of his legs due to his infection with this disease.
What is poliomyelitis?
400
This brought jobs, electricity, and flood control to one of the most impoverished areas of the country.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
400
This was created to regulate industry and provide states with money for community construction through the creation of various other programs such as the Public Works Administration.
What is the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?
500
FDR used these radio broadcasts to inform the public about what he was doing.
What are fireside chats?
500
This put young, single men to work building roads and planting trees. $25 of the $30 it paid each worker per month was automatically sent home.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
500
This act protected the rights of workers to join unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers.