FDR
She was the wife and fifth cousin of FDR
Eleanor Roosevelt
This is what the New Deal was.
A series of government programs, public works projects, financial reforms and new government regulations designed to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression and return Americans to work and prosperity.
One of the minority social groups that made advances during the New Deal.
(Women), African Americans, Native Americans
True or False: The New Deal limited the power of the federal government and freed business and agriculture from government regulations.
False. The New Deal increased the power and size of the federal government. Because of the New Deal, there is more government regulation today.
She documented the Great Depression as a photographer.
Dorothea Lange
This act insured account holders up to $5,000 and set strict standards for banks to follow. Today it insures up to $250,000.
During the First New Deal, FDR wanted most to help this business.
Banks
True or False: The New Deal got the U.S. out of the Great Depression
False. WWII got the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
FDR was elected to the presidency this many times.
4. He is the only president to be elected more than twice.
He wrote the Grapes of Wrath about an Oklahoma family traveling to California.
John Steinbeck.
This is the nickname given to the various agencies created by FDR because of the acronyms used.
Alphabet agencies
In the Second New Deal, FDR most wanted to help this group of people
Farmers
This was the "warm" nickname of FDR communicating with the American public on the radio about the Depression and how the government was trying to help.
He ran for president against FDR in 1936 and was from Kansas
Alf Landon
This act included an old age pension (retirement savings), unemployment compensation, and aid to families with dependent children and the disabled.
Social Security
It involves the government spending more money (borrowing) than it brings in through taxes and other means.
Deficit spending
Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin
Three things that were built through the New Deal.
Roads, bridges, schools, community buildings, dams, airports
This was why the NIRA was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
Too much government control over industry.
This is two impacts or legacies of the New Deal (positive or negative).
FDIC is still important to banks today.
Deficit spending is a normal feature of the government (spending in debt).
Social Security - today, the government has a greater responsibility for the social welfare of citizens (disabled, poor, retired, etc.).
Many people were helped (#20)