Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933, this originally protected bank deposits up to $5,000 on an individual deposit.
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation? FDIC
100
This regulated radio, telegraph, and cable communications.
What is the Federal Communications Commission?
100
Radio Priest from the Shrine of the Little Flower who was anti- Roosevelt, New Deal, Jewish, Banker, etc.
Who is Father Coughlin?
100
The song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf", became popular in the 1930's in this Walt Disney movie.
What is The Three Little Pigs?
100
Lead male in the movie Gone with the Wind.
Who is Clark Gable?
200
This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion, flood-control, and forest fire prevention.
What is Civilian Conservation Corps? CCC
200
The federal government make collective bargaining rights a permanent part of labor/management relations due to this.
What is the Wagner Act? (National Labor Relations Act)
200
Developed the plan to pay $200 a month to people 60 years and older with the stipulation they must spend it in that month. Called the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan.
Who is Dr. Townsend?
200
Comedy Radio, husband and wife team.
Who is George Burns and Gracie Allen?
200
Judy Garland had the lead role in this classic movie.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
300
This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, construct flood-control projects, and build power plants in the Southeastern U.S.
What is Tennessee Valley Authority? TVA
300
Set up basic standards for industry involved in interstate commerce, including minimum wage, maximum hours, and prohibited factory labor for children under 16.
What is Fair Labor Standard Act? (Wages and Hours Act)
300
He claimed that the New Deal policies failed to adequately help the common person and proposed a social program called "Share Our Wealth".
Who is Huey P. Long? (the Kingfish)
300
Famous ventriloquist act that performed on the radio and later on TV
Who is Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy?
300
This classic movie was based on a book written by John Steinbeck of the same title.
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
400
This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.
What is the Emergency Banking Relief Act?
400
This addressed the problems of unemployment and poverty by creating as many jobs as possible, ranging from construction of airports and libraries to painting murals in public buildings.
What is Works Progress Administration? WPA
400
They got very upset when he tried to reorganize them, claiming they were too old to keep up.
What is the Supreme Court? Supreme Court Justices?
400
Famous dance team in the movies, such as Top Hat
Who is Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers?
400
Vivien Leigh was the lead female role in this movie based on the book of the same title, written by Margaret Mitchell.
What is Gone with the Wind?
500
This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market.
What is the Federal Securities Act?
500
Established a national system for old age and survivor's insurance.
What is Social Security Act? SSA
500
The 3 groups who were critical of Roosevelt and the New Deal.
Who are the American Liberty League, Fascists, and Communists?
500
Comedy radio series depicting to Black taxi cab drivers.
What is the Amos N' Andy Show?
500
This movie was the 1st full length, animated film by Walt Disney, produced in 1937.