The New Deal in Action
This president implemented the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is FDR
The unemployment rate peaked at this percentage during the Great Depression.
What is 25%
This New Deal program provided jobs to young men planting trees and working on conservation projects.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
This First Lady traveled the country and advocated for women and minorities.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR attempted to add more justices to the Supreme Court in this controversial plan
What is Court Packing
This environmental disaster turned parts of the Great Plains into a wasteland in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl
FDR's plan to provide immediate relief, economic recovery, and financial reforms
What is the New Deal
The temporary shantytowns built by homeless Americans during the Great Depression were known as this.
What are Hoovervilles
provided electricity and flood control to Tennessee nearby states
Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA
This Louisiana Senator proposed the "Share Our Wealth" program, promising "$5,000 for every family."
Who is Huey Long
This law aimed to stimulate industrial growth but was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935.
NIRA
The Dust Bowl caused thousands of people, mainly from Oklahoma, to migrate to this state.
What is California
This series of radio addresses helped FDR gain public trust and explain his policies.
Fireside Chats
African Americans faced even greater hardship, with unemployment rising as high as this percentage in some cities.
What is 50%
This program provided unemployment benefits and old-age pensions
What is Social Security
This Catholic priest and radio broadcaster criticized the New Deal for not doing enough to help the poor.
Who is Father Coughlin
This group of World War I veterans marched on Washington demanding early payment of their bonuses.
What is the Bonus Army
The federal government established this service to promote soil conservation and prevent erosion.
Soil Conservation Service
This act created the FDIC, which insured bank deposits and restored public confidence in the banking system.
Emergency Banking Act of 1933
Many unemployed men traveled the country by illegally riding these in search of work.
Freight Trains
his program paid farmers to reduce crop production to raise prices
Agricultural Adjustment Act or AAA
This president was often blamed for doing nothing to stop the great depression
Herbert Hoover
FDR's plan to expand the federal government's role in stabilizing the economy was opposed by members of this political ideology.
Who are conservatives or Right Wing
This March 1936 disaster flooded the northeastern United States, leading to new national flood-control programs.
The Great Flood of 1936
This agency regulated the stock market to prevent another crash
SEC or Securities and Exchange commission
It was here that thousands were fed daily during the height of the Great Depression
Soup Kitchens
The Wagner Act gave workers the right to do this.
What is form labor unions and bargain collectively
This novel by John Steinbeck follows a family of Dust Bowl migrants heading to California.
What is the Grapes of Wrath
This conservative organization opposed the New Deal, calling it unconstitutional and socialist.
American Liberty League
These migrants from the Dust Bowl were given this nickname, regardless of their state of origin.
Who are Okies