The Hundred Days
New Deal Critics
The New Deal Continues
Clashes with the Court
People
100

What were the fireside chats?

They were radio addresses made by Roosevelt to speak to the American people.

100

Who said that "New Deal laws gave the president too much authority"?

What is the American Liberty League

100

What is the Social Security Act?

Passed in 1935, it provided some financial security for the elderly, the disabled, children, and the unemployed.

100

True or false: Roosevelt's judiciary plan was loved by the congress and the public.

false. He actually received harsh criticism for it.

100

Franklin Roosevelt

He was the 32nd president of the United States, he led the country through the Great Depression and World War 2. He served four terms, more than any other president.

200

What is the Tennessee Valley authority?

It hired people to build dams and generators, bringing electricity and jobs to communities in the Tennessee River valley.  

200

What program did Senator Huey Long create to tax the rich and use the money to assist the poor?

Share Our Wealth

200

about how many bridges, parks, airports, and roads did the WPA employees build?

650,000 roads, 75,000 bridges, 8000 parks, and 800 airports.

200

true or false: Roosevelt won the re-election by a huge margin.

True

200

Eleanor Roosevelt

Author, diplomat, humanitarian, and First Lady of Franklin D. Roosevelt. she supported much New Deal legislation aimed at young people and minorities.

300

What was the Emergency Banking Relief Act?

It was a temporary "bank holiday."

300

Dr. Francis E. Townsend created his own act to help the poor during the depression, what was it called?

The Townsend Plan

300

How did the sit-down strike affect work?

The sit-down strike allowed workers to protest their unfair conditions without being replaced by their workers.

300

What year did Roosevelt win the re-election?

1936

300

Father Charles Coughlin

A Roman Catholic Priest who broadcasted sermons on the radio, openly expressed Antisemitism, and blamed the stock market crash on international bankers.

400

What did Roosevelt say to the nervous Americans?

he said that economic recovery was possible. He also said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

400

What was the guaranteed annual income of a normal American family because of Share Our Wealth Act?

$5000

400

what is the Works Progress Administration?

an administration that employed 8.5 million people who did not have a job

400

What plan did Roosevelt decide to propose for reorganizing the federal judiciary?

What is the "Court packing" bill

400

Frances Perkins

The nation's first woman cabinet member.

500

What was the new deal?

programs created by Roosevelt and the Congress to battle the Depression and aid economic recovery.

500

Who was the Roman Catholic priest who openly spoke about being anti-semantic and he blamed the Depression as a whole on banking conspiracies?

Who is Charles Coughlin.  

500

Dr. Francis E. Townsend

A critic who wanted to help the elderly during the Depression.

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