The Great Depression
It insured depositors’ accounts in banks approved by the government.
What is the FDIC
She convinced FDR to return to politics after his polio.
Who was his wife? Eleanor Roosevelt
This was the name of Franklin Roosevelt's first program which established many work projects.
What is the New Deal?
protected American workers from hostile management practices, such as firing a worker for joining a union.
The wagner Act
Mass produced by Henry Ford in the 1920's this had the most influence on American culture.
What is the automobile?
Despite the poor economy, this was one thing most Americans had in their homes during the 1930's to provide entertainment.
What is a radio?
He was President during the Great Depression
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
President when the depression started
Hoover
what is mass utilization of credit, overproduction etc...
only those banks with enough funds to meet depositors’ demands could reopen
Emergency Banking Relief Act.
This party controlled Congress when Franklin Roosevelt was President.
Who were the Democrats?
These were the series of droughts called during the 1930's.
What was the dust bowl?
Policy to ease pressure of the depression. Goals were to find relief for the jobless, plans for economic recovery, and reforms to prevent another Depression.
the new deal
This religious group experienced strong discrimination in Germany during World War II.
Who are the Jews?
The 18th amendment stopped the sale of this.
What is alcohol?
This disease was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis.
What was polio?
What is the CCC
hired unemployed single men between the ages of 18 and 25. For $1 a day, they planted trees, built bridges, worked on flood-control projects, and developed new parkprojects
what ended the great depression
WW2
Young urban women with short hair, short dresses, make-up, and jewelry in the 1920's.
Who were Flappers?
A supplier or transporter of illegal alcohol.
What is a bootlegger?
What is "stacking the court"
trying to add additional supreme court justices
These were the Bonus Army Marchers.
Who were the veterans?
This is what happened on Black Tuesday.
What is the stock market crashed?
Thousands of black Americans moved to northern cities in the 1920's to seek these.
What are jobs?
An illegal drinking establishment in the 1920's.
What is a speak easy?