You Need to Know Them!
He was president in 1929, and most everyone blamed him for the Depression.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
Building parks and planting trees was the focus of this government program.
What was the CCC?
Hoover believed this was the best government response to the economic crisis.
What is laissez-faire?
Her popular musical helped audiences escape to a magical land "over the rainbow."
Who was Judy Garland?
Overgrazing, poor farming practices, and this created the Dust Bowl.
What is drought?
They came to DC for their money.
Who was the Bonus Army?
This program provided work in all kinds of fields, including work for artists and writers.
What is the WPA?
This was the name of the weekly radio addresses given by FDR with the intent to keep the public informed and calm.
What are "fireside chats"?
She worked for the government, using her photographs to capture the reality of the hard times people were living in.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
This curly-haired tyke was famous for "The Good Ship Lollipop" and her movies cheered up her audiences.
Who was Shirley Temple?
This husband and wife team gave Americans a lot to laugh about.
Who were Burns and Allen?
Elderly and disabled folks are still benefiting from this program today.
What is the Social Security Act?
"I want more support on the Supreme Court!" said he before he hatched a plan to grow the court to 15 justices.
Who was Roosevelt?
He wrote a novel about the Joad family struggling to leave the Dust Bowl to go to California.
Who was John Steinbeck?
Disney created this movie, the first animated feature-length film.
What is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?
She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet post.
Who was Frances Perkins?
Thanks to this program, states and localities got money to pass along to help to their poor.
What is FERA?
Because Mr. R. had polio, this great lady served as his "eyes and ears" as she traveled the country.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
She starred in a grand Civil War epic, one of the most popular movies of the Depression era.
Who was Vivian Leigh?
While other countries began to follow dictators, the New Deal did this for the United States.
What is preserve democracy?
She advised FDR on issues of education and the black community.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
This law was a massive undertaking which wound up enriching a vast area of the country, even though it was quite controversial.
What is the TVA?
This is the only thing we have to be afraid of, according to FDR's first inaugural address.
What is fear?
He scared everybody out of their wits with his spooky radio show about a Martian attack.
Who was Orson Welles?
Critics said the New Deal did not accomplish this, which was its main goal.
What is end the Depression?