New Deal Legislation
Causes
FDR
1930s Culture
Images
100
This administration set prices and wages in each industry before the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
100
What caused the stock market to crash?
panic selling
100
This government safety blanket has had a long-lasting effect in helping the unemployed, disabled, and elderly.
Social Security Act
100
What was the Midwest called due to the dust storms that drove farmers away?
Dust Bowl
100
What does this cartoon say about FDR AND what was the only thing in his way?
-wants to be a dictator
-Supreme Court
200
This administration hired millions to build public buildings.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
200
What caused banks to fail?
-everyone wants to collect money at the same time
-people can't pay back their loans following the crash
200
What was it called when FDR closed all banks, allowing only the strong to re-open?
Bank Holiday
200
John Steinbeck's novel about struggling farmers moving West
Grapes of Wrath
200
What was unemployment like under Hoover and then under FDR?
rising with Hoover, going down with FDR
300
This organization provided food and shelter to men as they build parks and plant trees.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
300
What does major overproduction lead to?
unemployment
300
Unhappy with the decisions regarding the NRA and AAA, FDR attempted to become even more powerful with the ________ scheme.
court-packing
300
What was the first full-length animated movie in color?
Snow White
300
What does this cartoon say about Congress during FDR's presidency?
They follow FDR and do what he says
400
This law guaranteed people the right to join labor unions. It is still in effect.
Wagner Act
400
What causes an economic bubble?
everyone buys, no one sells
400
The New Deal helped during the Great Depression, but ______ ended the Great Depression.
WWII
400
What still-popular 1930s full-length in-color movie tells us to "follow the yellow brick road"?
Wizard of Oz
400
Who/what does the sick person represent?
Uncle Sam (America)
500
This administration paid farmers to produce less until the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
500
During the Great Depression, unemployment hit a record high ____ percent in 1933?
25
500
What was it called when FDR spoke directly to the American people over radio?
fireside chat
500
Who marched on Washington DC, demanding money that the government promised following WWI service?
Bonus Army
500
How is FDR's New Deal represented in this cartoon?
-medicine for the country
-he is going to keep trying new programs until the Depression ends