The Democrats nominated this wealthy New Yorker to run against Hoover in 1932.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
A situation in which the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand.
What is overproduction
100
The day after he took office, Roosevelt declared a ___, a four-day closing of the nation's banks.
What is a Bank Holiday
100
Supporters of the New Deal pointed out that FDR's ___ approach eased many problems.
Active or inactive?
What is Active
100
A tax that removes money directly from workers' paychecks
What is Payroll Tax
200
This lady was the most famous working woman in the country during the Great Depression.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
The rights guaranteed in the Constitution, especially voting and equal treatment under the law.
What is Civil Rights
200
These radio talks helped Roosevelt deliver messages to the people of the United States.
What are Fireside Chats
200
The New Deal programs built dams and bridges, preserved 12 million acres of national parkland, and brought ____ to rural America.
What is electricity.
200
This singer performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday.
Who is Marian Anderson
300
This person became the Commissioner of Indian Affairs under FDR. He hired Native Americans to build needed schools, hospitals, and irrigation systems.
Who is John Collier
300
People who travel from farm to farm picking crops.
What is Migrant Workers
300
This act provided employers to participate in collective bargaining with unions.
What is the Wagner Act
300
How was Roosevelt's approach to the economic crisis differ from Hoover's?
What is Roosevelt wanted the federal government to take an active role in providing relief.
300
This female became the top-ranking African American in the government during FDR's time in office. She was a member of the "Black Cabinet", a group of high-ranking appointees who advised the President on African American issues.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
400
John Steinbeck captured the miseries of the Dust Bowl in his book ____, which became a classic example of how American writers and artists tried to cope with the human toll of the Great Depression
What is "The Grapes of Wrath"
400
This is a tax that removes money directly from workers' paychecks.
What is payroll tax
400
This act provided Old-Age Insurance, Aid to Dependent Children, financial aid to the disabled, and money to make temporary payments to the unemployed.
What is the Social Security Act
400
This agency built giant dams along the Tennessee River, which helped control flooding, provided cheap electricity, and increased jobs and prosperity in one of the country's poorest rural areas.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority
400
This California doctor called for a system of government pensions.
Who is Francis Townsend
500
This person formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Who is John L. Lewis
500
A situation in which the government spends more money than it receives in taxes.
What is Deficit Spending
500
This person was FDR's secretary of labor who helped draft the Social Security Act. She was the first woman to serve in the Cabinet.
Who is Frances Perkins
500
Relief, Recovery, and ____
What is Reform
500
This Catholic priest who did not trust Roosevelt's policies on banking and money used the radio to attract followers.