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Economic downturn that severely affected the people of the United States during the 1930s?
What is the Great Depression
100
A primary focus of the New Deal was to provide ______________ to the American people.
What is Direct Relief
100
This event resulted in massive dust storms forcing Americans out of the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl
100
This president encouraged the American people to trust the banks and gave them hope by providing direct relief
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
The was the major highway that Oakies traveled on heading to California
What is Route 66
200
Speeches conducted over the radio by FDR to inform the American people about the economic status of the country.
What are Fireside Chats
200
New Deal program that regulated the Stock Market to prevent another crash from happening.
What is Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
200
This major event pulled America out of the Great Depression
What is World War II
200
President Herbert Hoover only provided direct relief (money) to...
What is banks and businesses
200
The New Deal agencies were often referred to as...
What is "Alphabet Soup"
300
Purchasing goods with borrowed money.
What is buying on credit
300
The 3 "R"s that the New Deal aimed to accomplish
What is Relief, Recovery, Reform
300
What significant event occurred on October 29, 1929?
What is the day the Stock Market crashed (Black Tuesday)
300
This president promised to bring back the "good times" of the Roaring Twenties but did not keep his promise.
Who is Herbert Hoover
300
Americans received this type of aid in an effort to feed the unemployed.
What are breadlines & soup kitchens
400
Buying stocks on credit or with borrowed money
What is buying on margin
400
New Deal program that provides assistance to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
What is Social Security Administration (SSA)
400
The decade America experienced the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
What is the 1930s
400
Fireside Chats given by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) were an attempt to build
What is a relationship with the American people
400
Why was FDR's Court Packing scheme unsuccessful?
What is it violated the separation of powers/ gave too much power to the president
500
People who migrated from the Great Plains to California due to the Dust Bowl.
Who are Oakies
500
New Deal program that regulates banks to ensure safe keeping of your money.
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
500
Put the following events in chronological order: FDR becomes President, Stock Market Crash of 1929, World War II ends the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover becomes president
What is Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover becomes president, FDR becomes president, World War II ends the Great Depression
500
Plan to add 6 additional judges to the Supreme Court who would favor the policies FDR was trying to put in place.
What is FDR's Court-Packing scheme
500
Another name for the shantytowns Americans lived in during the 1930s. Named after the president who believed in rugged individualism.
What are Hoovervilles