People
The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
The four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen (one of FDR's first moves in office).
What was the Banking Holiday?
Oct. 29, 1929
What is the day the stock market crashed?(Black Tuesday)
This agency gave young males employment to work on various conservation projects
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
The Dust Bowl adversely affected this group of people the most.
Who were the farmers?
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far, spent too much money, and had too much Federal government overreach.
Who were The Conservatives?
High winds and drought that hit the country's farm belt and created this.
What was the Dust Bowl?
This insures your money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This was as high as 33% in American at the height of Great Depression (1933).
What was the unemployment rate?
The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan.
Who is Huey Long?
This group was created by business leaders in protest of the New Deal regulations.
What was the American Liberty League?
Right or wrong, this person was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
This agency brought electricity to areas of the poor South that power companies would not build in.
What was the TVA. (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
Hired by the WPA, this person documented the Great Depression through photographing the life of migrants from Oklahoma to California - the Okies (hint: Migrant Mother)
Who was Dorothea Lange?
The person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month (basis of Social Security).
Who was Dr. Francis Townsend?
The person who said "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Who was FDR?
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a receive their monies 13 years earlier than when it was due.
What was the Bonus Army?
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land and destroy crops and livestock, in order to stabilize farm prices.
What was the AAA. (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)?
FDR said this person was one of the most dangerous men in America because of his call for taking from the rich and evenly distributing the money to the poor (Share the Wealth Plan).
Who was Huey Long?
A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI who had his own radio show where he blasted bankers, capitalism, and Jews.
Who was Father Charles Coughlin?
The number of New Deal parts under the FDR Administration.
What was TWO?
Americans did not earn enough money to buy goods and services, they had this...
What was poor purchasing power?
Answers at the discretion of the judges.
This part of the New Deal helped to establish a minimum wage, set working hour limits, and allowed for unions to bargain collectively. Later, it was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. (Symbolized by a Blue Eagle)
What was the NRA. (National Recovery Act)?
This was FDR's campaign song when he ran for President in 1932.
What was "Happy Days Are Here Again."?