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New Deal Programs
FDR
People
100
This New Deal program built dams to provide cheap electricity to rural areas in some Southern States.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
100
Radio talks that FDR used to tell the American people about his plans to end the Depression.
What are fireside chats?
100
FDR's group of advisors
What is the Brain Trust?
200
This work relief program was formed to give young men work improving parks and building levees.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
200
FDR's wife who served as his "eyes and ears."
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
This agency formed to encourage businesses to pay a minimum wage and stop hiring children.
What is the NRA (National recovery Administration)?
300
FDR's program to end the the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
400
This programmed insured (protected) the money people placed in banks.
What is FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
400
When FDR prematurely cut government spending on government programs, this disaster was reversed by government spending on public works.
What is the Roosevelt Recession?