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The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt.
100

A period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.

What is the Bank 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
FDR was re-elected because of various groups of Americans.  These groups are called

Who are the New Deal Coalition

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 25% during the Great Depression.

What is unemployment.

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

This group was created to help FDR during the Great Depression

What is the Brain Trust

300
Shanty towns during the Great Depression

What is Hoovervilles

300

This agency brought electricity to rural areas in the Southeast

What is the TVA. (Tennessee Valley Authority)

300
Wife of FDR... a social reformer with great political skills

Who is Eleanor Roosevelt

400
The person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month.
Who is Francis Townsend
400
Famous quote by FDR during the Great Depression
What is "The Only Thing to Fear is Fear itself"
400

WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get pay promised to them

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
During the Great Depression, the federal government spent more than it took in

What is deficit spending

500

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

Who is Father Charles Coughlin.

500

FDR's largest works project

WPA 

500

Americans buying on credit in the 1920s

What is installment plan
500

Built 40,000 schools and paid the salaries of more than 50,000 rural school teachers

What is the CWA

500
FDR's attempts at placing judges on the SC

What is the Court Packing Bill

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