This program controlled flooding, promoted conservation and development, and brought electricity to rural areas along the Tennessee River.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority. (TVA)
100
FDR suffered from what disease/condition?
What is Polio.
100
People stood in ______ ______ for hours waiting on bread, soup, and ______.
What is bread lines and coffee.
100
The purpose of the New Deal programs was to have immediate relief for citizens.
True/False
What is true.
100
Who did absolutely nothing to help the Great Depression?
What is President Hoover.
200
When FDR was elected, he signed the Emergency Banking Relief Act which did what?
What is reopened and reorganized banks.
200
FDR held fireside chats with America. During his first fireside chat he convinced the people that....
a. it was safe to put your money back in the stock market.
b. the Depression would end soon on its own.
c. it was safer to put your money in the banks than to keep it under your mattress.
d. we needed to go to war with other countries in order to boost our economy.
What is c.
200
People started depositing their money into banks more frequently was an effect of the Great Depression.
True/False
What is false.
200
Name the three men discussed in class who did not support FDR and the New Deal. (FDR opponents)
What is Francis Townsend, Charles Coughlin, and Huey Long.
200
The ______ ______ had a march on Washington in order to receive their $1000 they were promised to receive in the 1940's.
What is the Bonus Army.
300
The Social Security Act ________ employers and workers to provide monthly ________ to the retired.
What is taxed and pensions.
300
FDR tried to pack the Supreme Court by adding how many new Justices?
What is 6.
300
Farmers that cleared land with tractors and disc plows pulling up the roots of grass that held the soil in place caused what?
What is the Dust Bowl.
300
The Brain Trust was a group of ________, ________ ________, and __________ who helped FDR create the New Deal.
What is lawyers, social workers, and economists.
300
People who lost their houses lived in....
a. shantyvilles/ hoovertowns
b. roosevelt hotels
c. local schools and shelters
d. shantytowns/hoovervilles
What is d.
400
What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
What is provided jobs to 2 million unemployed people, including actors, musicians, and writers.
400
During FDR's acceptance speech he stated "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a ____ _____ for the American people."
What is new deal.
400
What is a black blizzard?
What is storms of strong prairie winds that carried and stripped away more soil.
400
The New Deal got America out of the Great Depression completely.
True/False
What is false.
400
When FDR ran against Alfred M. Landon, it was the closest race in history.
True/False
What is false. FDR won by a landslide.
500
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) banned child labor until the age of _____ with a minimum wage of _____.
What is 16 and $0.40.
500
FDR had limited mobility due to his polio. This made it had for him to travel and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt became his ______ and ______.
What is eyes and ears.
500
List all five areas that were affected by the Dust Bowl.
What is Western Kansas, Western Oklahoma, Northern Texas, Eastern Colorado, and Eastern New Mexico.
500
This program said if a bank closed you would still get all of your money back.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Company. (FDIC)
500
Americans were finally able to turn their focus from domestic affairs to _______ _______.