The Great Depression
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
American Facts
100
As governor of New York, Franklin Roosevelt won popularity by this.
What is helping people economically?
100
The National Industrial Recovery Act set up this.
What are codes of fair competition?
100
This hired workers directly, including thousands of women, to build or improve airports, roads, and playgrounds.
What is the Civil Works Administration?
100
This subsidized loans for builders willing to buy blocks of slums and build low-cost housing.
What is the National Housing Act?
100
This president was well known for many things, but he was also known for his dentures.
Who is George Washington?
200
During the Depression, many state governors declared "bank holidays" to do this.
What is prevent bank runs?
200
One main purpose of the Townsend plan was to this.
What is to free up jobs for the unemployed?
200
This established a 40-hour work week for many workers.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
200
This prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock market.
What is the Glass-Steagall Act?
200
This dude wanted to make the turkey our national bird.
Who was Ben Franklin?
300
Roosevelt's advisers who supported "New Nationalism" wanted government to do this.
What is to work with business?
300
In the case Schechter vs. United States, the Supreme Court did this.
What is struck down the NIRA?
300
This established to provide some security for unemployed workers.
What is the Social Security Act?
300
This formed to oppose the New Deal.
What is the American Liberty League?
300
We already know the date, but we love to shoot bottle rockets and fire up sparklers on the this day.
What is Independence Day?
400
To fight the Depression, Roosevelt believed the first thing to do was to do this.
What is restore confidence in the banks.
400
Framers of the Social Security Act saw it primarily as this.
What is an insurance bill?
400
This required companies that sold stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investors.
What is the Securities Act?
400
This sponsored the controversial "Federal Number One".
What is the Works Progress Administration?
400
This day each year we wait on a famous furry animal to tell us about the weather.
What is Groundhog Day?
500
To regulate the stock market, the Roosevelt Administration created this.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission.
500
Franklin Roosevelt's "court-packing plan" was a serious mistake because of this.
What is that it appeared to interfere with the Constitution's separation of powers?
500
This awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, schools, and other facilities.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
500
This covered people's savings in banks against loss.
What is the National Housing Act?
500
On this day, we are supposed to celebrate all that we have, eat a strange looking bird to the point of passing out, shop all night, and watch the Lions play football.
What is Thanksgiving?