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100
The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt.
100
the four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.
What is the banking holiday.
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

Shanty towns that homeless people constructed in cities.

What were Hoovervilles?

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 person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan.
Who is Huey Long.
300

The first 3 months or so of FDR's term were busy with getting relief for Americans.

What are the First 100 Days.

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 person wrote songs about life during the Great Depression that Americans identified with.

Who was Woody Guthrie?

400

This person wrote a novel called "The Grapes of Wrath" about a family moving to California from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl.

Who is John Steinbeck?

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
FDR said this person was one of the most dangerous men in America.
Who is Huey Long.
500

A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI who had his own radio show where he blasted bankers, capitalism, and Jews.

Who is Father Charles Coughlin.

500
All of FDR's programs to deal with the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal!
500

Americans heard FDR talk on the radio in a series of programs from the White House.

What were Fireside Chats

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 was FDR's campaign song.
What is "Happy Days Are Here Again."
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