This category is Depressing
FDR you aware?
They put the "ROAR" in the Roaring 20's
Alphabet Soup
Random knowledge
100
This event that took place on "Black Tuesday" is considered the start of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash
100
What was the name of FDR's plan to help improve the economy and end the Depression
What is the "New Deal"
100
A woman's raincoat. 5 cents, $3.00, or $12.00
What is $3.00
100
This agency helped stop flooding in rural states and provided cheap electricity to the poor
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
100
Name the Woody Guthrie folk song written about his travels across with migrants and the Great Depression
What is "This Land is Your Land"
200
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better eventually because the economy goes up and down often.
Who is Herbert Hoover
200
Who were the people who liked Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What is poor and unemployed
200
Kid's Wagon $1 dollar, 4 dollars, 8 dollars
What is 4 dollars
200
This program helped young men find work learning outdoor skills improve our national forests and parks. It also sent money home to their families each month.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
200
What would you call a neighborhood of scrap metal, wood, and cardboard houses built by the poor?
What is a Hooverville
300
This event led to a decline in farm values and a lack of crop production due to bad weather
What is the Dust Bowl
300
FDR is the only person in the history of the Presidency to do this? (Not even Teddy Roosevelt considered this)
What is be elected 4 times
300
Man's fine leather jacket 2 dollars, 4 dollars, 7 dollars
What is 7 dollars
300
This Act/Law provided (and still provides today) money for people too sick, old, or injured
What is the Social Security Act
300
This group marched on Washington D.C. and demanded to be paid for their service in WWI
What is the "Bonus Army"
400
In what year did the stock market crash occur?
What is 1929
400
Name the disease that Franklin Roosevelt suffered from that prevented him from walking without assistance
What is Polio?
400
Singer Sewing Machine. 12 dollars, 16 dollars, 22 dollars
What is 22 dollars
400
This agency put on performances, painted murals, recorded stories of slaves, and advertised the "New Deal" programs to Americans
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
400
Name the first person to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
500
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
What is "buying on margin" or "Buying on Credit"
500
What was the name of FDR's radio broadcasts were he spoke to all America like they were simply his friends?
What are Fireside Chats
500
How Much money would the average factory worker make in a week. 15 dollars, 20 dollars, 25 dollars
What is 15 dollars
500
The Wagner Act gave workers a specific right to do what?
What is "join a union" or "strike for higher wages"
500
What does Woody Guthrie really think of America in his song "This Land is Your Land"?
What is the America is no longer made for everyone. OR It is changing for the worst as people are getting greedy.
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