The Great Depression only effected the United States
True or False
What is False
100
By 1933 the unemployment rate for Americans had climbed to nearly:
20%, 25%, or 30%
What is 25%
100
FDR suffered from this illness
What is Polio
100
*Daily Double*
Which New Deal program created highways and promoted soil conservation throughout the United States?
(will take abbreviation)
100
Did the New Deal end the Great Depression?
Yes or No
What is No
200
This group of Americans faced difficult times throughout the 1920's and 1930's.
What is farmers
200
Americans created these makeshift towns made of broken glass, wood, and trash
What is Hoovervilles
200
FDR's wife who served as his "eyes and ears" while traveling around America
What is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
Which branch of the U.S. government gained enormous power as a result of New Deal legislation
What is executive branch
200
After dropping out of school at 16 Jim Carrey worked as....
janitor, construction worker, or bus driver
What is janitor
300
During the 1930's this crime became popular when individuals would stealing money from financial institutions
What is bank robbery
300
Area of drought and dust storms that spread across the Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl
300
Radio messages given by FDR to communicate with the American people
What is Fireside chats
300
Most significant program of the New Deal; provided a pension for retirees, unemployment insurance, and welfare for the poor/disabled
What is Social Security Act
300
FDR's plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court
What is Court Packing Plan
400
When the stock market crashed on Oct. 29th 1929 Americans nicknamed this day _______ _______.
What is Black Tuesday
400
Group of WWI soldiers who marched on Washington, D.C. demanding an early pension for military service
What is Bonus Army
400
Name the three goals (r's) of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
What is relief, recovery, reform
400
New Deal program that provided job opportunities for Mexican Americans and minority youth
What is Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
400
This radio program created mass hysteria throughout the United States; centered around aliens invading and taking over Earth
What is War of the Worlds
500
Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be combated mainly through charity organizations at the local levels of government. What was the name of this philosophy?
What is Voluntary Cooperation
500
Economic philosophy that involved giving government funding and tax cuts to wealthy Americans; big business would then use money to create more jobs and buildings
What is trickle-down economics
500
This bill shut down banks for nearly 4 days; opened only organized banks with fixed accounts
What is Emergency Banking Bill
500
Organization established by FDR to regulate the stock market
What is Securities and Exchange Commission
500
How many consecutive terms was FDR elected president?