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This president led the U.S. during most of the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This program provided jobs for young men doing conservation work.
What is the CCC?
The stock market crashed on this infamous day.
What is Black Tuesday?
This act allowed labor unions and collective bargaining.
What is the Wagner Act?
FDR temporarily closed banks during this event.
What is the bank holiday?
He proposed giving the elderly a monthly pension.
Who is Francis Townsend?
This program created “codes of fair competition.”
What is the NRA?
The Great Depression began in this year.
What is 1929?
This New Deal program was ruled unconstitutional in Schechter v. U.S.
What is the NRA?
Camps built by homeless people were called this.
What are Hoovervilles?
Known as the “happy warrior” by FDR.
Who is Al Smith?
This program focused on helping farmers by reducing production.
What is the AAA?
About this many banks failed in 1932.
What is ~5,000?
This act created unemployment insurance in 1935.
What is the Social Security Act?
The Bonus Army protested for early payment of this.
What are WWI bonuses?
This Louisiana politician promised to make “every man a king.
Who is Huey Long?
This program funded public works like roads, art, and writing.
What is the WPA?
This was considered the nation’s #1 economic problem.
What is unemployment?
This amendment limited presidents to two terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
FDR’s first fireside chat focused on fixing this system.
What are banks?
This president was criticized for not doing enough during the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This program brought electricity to rural areas in the South.
What is the TVA?
This symbol represents a declining stock market.
What is a bear?
This case struck down the AAA.
What is Butler v. U.S.?
This economic theory supported deficit spending.
What is Keynesian economics?