All of FDR's programs to deal with the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal.
100
Oct. 29, 1929
What is the day the stock market crashed.
100
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
100
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers.
200
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
200
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far.
Who are the conservatives, bankers and businessmen.
200
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt.
What is the Dust Bowl.
200
This insures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
200
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment.
300
The Chicago gangster known as "Scarface"?
Who is Al Capone.
300
These were president Roosevelt's major goals of the New Deal [the 3 "R"'s]
What is "Relief, Recover, Reform"
300
The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
300
This agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley.
What is the TVA. (Tennessee Valley Authority)
300
This dance was made famous in the 1920's.
What is the Charleston.
400
The famous airplane pilot who flew the "Spirit of St. Louis" from New York to Paris nonstop.
Who is Charles Lindbergh
400
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is FDR.
400
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised bonus.
What is the Bonus Army.
400
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land.
What is the AAA. (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
400
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment gave woman the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment.
500
The wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt who became famous for her outspoken activism towards civil rights and the poor.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt.
500
President Roosevelt's first action in office : the four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.
What is The Bank Holiday in which all banks were closed!
500
This allowed Americans that did not earn enough money to continue to buy goods and services.
What is buying on credit.
500
This helped establish a minimum wage, set working hour limits, and allowed for unions to bargain collectively. Later, it was declared unconstitutional.
What is the NRA. (National Recovery Act)
500
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal.