Section 1: A New Deal Fights the Depression
This President was known as a Progressive because of the way to approached combating the economic issues of the Great Depression.
What is, FDR?
This New Deal program is still in place today and many of your parents have this?
What is, Social Security Act?
This is where Americans typically got their news from.
What is, a radio?
This program was designed to help solve the problems of the Great Depression and focused on the Three R's, Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
What is, the New Deal?
This program set out to create as many jobs as possible ASAP.
What is, the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
What purpose did movies and radio serve during the Great Depression?
What is, to serve as a distraction of the harsh realities of the Great Depression?
True or False: The New Deal policies helped solve the economic issues of the Great Depression.
This group received full citizenship from the New Deal policies.
What is, Native Americans?
What was the purpose of FDR's fireside chats?
What is, to explain the financing and banking system problems in simplest terms to alleviate anxiety from the American public.
What did FDR's re-election in 1936 signify?
What is, Americans satisfaction with FDR and his New Deal policies?
This story being broadcasted on a radio broadcast created nation-wide panic.
What is, H.G. Wells War of the Worlds?
This New Deal program was considered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because it gave government too much control over industry.
What is, the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?
Why would the Farm Security Administration hire photographers to capture the realities of rural America?
What is, to push aid?
Why did minority groups continue to support the FDR administration although they did not receive full civil rights?
What is, they thought the FDR administration was their best shot at representation and a sense of place in the US.