New Deal: Acronyms
This program hired young men ages 18–25 to plant trees, build roads, and work on flood control.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
She often played a big-hearted orphan with a positive attitude and big curls in movies.
Who is Shirley Temple?
The cost of a movie ticket during the Great Depression.
What is 5 cents?
FDR famously said this in his first inaugural address: “The only thing to fear is ____”.
What is "fear itself"?
This administration paid farmers to destroy crops to create a shortage and raise prices.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
This African American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, proving Hitler's racial theories wrong.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This movie about a Southern family surviving the Civil War showed people how to "survive hard times".
What is "Gone With the Wind"?
This was the first action Roosevelt took on March 9th to stop people from taking all their money out of banks.
What is a "Bank Holiday"?
This program employed 8 million people to build schools, hospitals, and bridges, and even hired artists and musicians.
What is the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?
This boxer became a national hero after defeating a German opponent in just 2 minutes and 4 seconds.
Who is Joe Louis?
This film featured the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and gave people hope for a happier life.
What is "The Wizard of Oz"?
FDR’s plan to add six new justices to the Supreme Court because the "nine old men" were blocking his laws.
What is "Court-Packing"?
This symbol of the NRA was displayed in shop windows to show support for the New Deal.
What is the Blue Eagle?
She was the first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean but disappeared in 1937 while flying around the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
They were known as "America’s Favorite Dancing Couple".
Who are Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire?
In the Election of 1936, this candidate only won two states: Maine and Vermont.
Who is Alf Landon?
This law protected workers' rights to form unions and use "collective bargaining" for the first time.
What is the Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)?
She was the first woman ever to be a member of the President’s Cabinet.
Who is Frances Perkins?
This comedy group helped people laugh through the hardships of the era.
Who are the Marx Brothers?
This 1935 law provided pension benefits for the elderly and payments for the disabled.
What is the Social Security Act?