FDR
Franklin Roosevelt's middle name
(Be careful!)
What is Delano?
the Republican loser in the Election of 1932
Who was Herbert Hoover?
radio addresses in which President Roosevelt spoke directly to the American people
What were fireside chats?
TVA
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
the name for the economic hard times that lasted through most of the 1930s
What was the Great Depression?
the First Lady, the wife of Franklin Roosevelt
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
the Democratic winner in the Election of 1932
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
buying stocks on credit, using borrowed money
What was buying on margin?
FDR
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
the nickname for the area of the mid-west that suffered a drought during the Great Depression
What was the Dust Bowl?
the name of Franklin Roosevelt's big plan to help Americans during the Great Depression
(Card players could sometimes use this too!)
What is the New Deal?
the author of The Grapes of Wrath, a tale of the impact of the Great Depression
Who was John Steinbeck?
These two words are missing from one of FDR's famous quotes:
"The only thing we have to fear is _____ _____."
(not giant clowns)
What is "fear itself?"
CCC
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
the day the stock market crashed, beginning the Great Depression
What was Black Tuesday?
Before he became President, Franklin Roosevelt was the governor of this populous eastern state.
What is New York?
socialist candidate in the Election of 1932 who wanted to guarantee each person $5,000 a year by taxing the wealthy
Who was Huey Long?
an up-and-down pattern in an economy
What is the business cycle?
SS
What is social security?
a nickname for pants with empty pockets sticking out, showing that the person had no money
What were Hoover flags?
the crippling disease that Franklin Roosevelt had, often confining him to a wheelchair
What is polio?
the first woman appointed to a US President's cabinet
(We are unsure whether she liked pancakes.)
Who was Frances Perkins?
a practice where workers stayed in factories but refused to work
What is a sit-down strike?
FDIC
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
a group of veterans who marched to Washington, hoping to receive their extra pay early
(Some were killed in a clash with US troops.)
What was the Bonus Army?