Roaring 20s presidents
Dust Bowl
New Deal
Second New Deal
Hoover
100
He was the first president after Woodrow Wilson, promising a "Return to Normalcy" to the American public
Warren Harding
100
This was the name of the people who fled the Dust Bowl as they looked for jobs in California
Okies
100
Name of the two main institutions that provided employment to young men to build roads and other major projects
CCC
also accept PWA
100
This program was created to move the elderly out of the workforce, opening jobs for the younger unemployed Americans
Social Security
100
This was the nickname of the residents of the shanty town near the White House.
Bonus Army
200
This was the name of the scandal that involved taking bribes over who would control the navy's oil reserves
Teapot Dome Scandal
200
This was the state where most Dust Bowl migrants attempted to find work
California
200
This was the program used to provide an electrical grid to a good portion of the South
TVA
200
This was FDR's failed plan to add more judges to the US Supreme Court
Court Packing
200
This was the name of the shanty towns where homeless people made camp looking for work
Hoovervilles
300
This was the name of the presidental cabinet that deregulated the government, allowing for corruption and bribery.
Ohio Gang
300
This was the region affected by dust storms and loss of soil
Possible Answers:
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas the Great Plains, the Midwest
300
This was the program used to pay farmers not to farm as a way to control supply and demand
AAA
300
This was FDR's economic plan to get money into the hands of able-bodied men so that they could spend us out of the recession
Pump Priming
300
This was the concept that Hoover explained would help American men preserve their manhood
Rugged Individualism
400
He became president after the previous one died in office, but he continued to the practice of downsizing the federal government.
Calvin Coolidge
400
This author wrote The Grapes of Wrath, a book about the Dust Bowl migrants
John Steinbeck
400
This was the name of the experts that FDR relied on to write New Deal EOs and laws
Brain Trust
400
The Supreme Court described most of the First New Deal as this
Unconstitutional
400
This was the plan that Hoover hoped most Americans would choose to do to help their neighbors
Volunteerism
500
This was the successor of Harding's presidental catchphrase, which was used to assure the public not to get heated over the deregulation of the federal government.
"Keep cool with Coolidge"
500
This was the name of the photojournalist who took this photograph
Dorothea Lange
500
This is considered FDR's very first action as president when he closed all of the banks in America until each one could be inspected by a federal agent
Emergency Banking Act
500
This was established to protect private sector workers' rights to unionize and strike
Wagner Act
or National Labor Review Board
500
This was the plan to provide large companies with money to finance construction, production, and eventually make more jobs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation