New Deal/FDR
Who was the creator of the New Deal Programs?
Who is President Roosevelt (FDR)
What was Hoover's belief about Government involvement
What is limited or hands off
What was at an all time high of 25%
Who was the president when the Great Depression started?
Who is Herbert Hoover
What were most American's using credit to buy prior to the stock market crash?
What is new consumer goods? (radios, washing machines, new technology of the time)
What was the nickname for all the New Deal Programs?
What is Alphabet Soup Programs
Rugged Individualism
This famous board game, invented during the Great Depression, allowed families to dream of wealth despite hard times.
What is Monopoly?
What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) accomplish
Provided insurance on bank deposits/accounts and restored belief in the banking system
Which of the following were NOT New Deal programs:
CCC, WPA or RNA
What is RNA
Bonus points: Can you tell me the full name of either one of the correct answers?
FDR worked at keeping American's informed through the radio, what were those broadcasts called
What is Fireside Chats?
During the Great Depression, many people lost this and had trouble finding new ones, which made life very hard.
What are jobs
What gap was getting larger and larger as the 1920's progressed?
What is the gap between the rich and the poor/uneven distribution of wealth
Who did Roosevelt marry?
Who is his 5th cousin Eleanor Roosevelt?
What program did FDR create that helped establish a built in retirement plan for all American's who earned a paycheck?
What is social security
Who said "We are going to create a country where no one is left out"?
Who is FDR?
Overproduction of goods in this sector of the economy contributed to declining prices and unemployment.
What is agriculture?
Americans were buying all the new consumer products (cars, radio's etc) using this type of payment
installment plan (credit) or put $ down, pay a little each month
Which term describes the risky practice of buying stocks with borrowed money, which contributed to the stock market crash of 1929?
What is buying on margin?
The New Deal changed the role of this institution, expanding its involvement in the economy.
The Federal Government
What were the 3 R's of FDR's New Deal programs
What is Relief, Recovery, Reform
What was the nickname given to the shanty towns that were formed outside of major cities during the depression?
what are Hoovervilles
What were the top wealthy of the United States expected to do since they had 33% of the countries wealth?
What is sustain (or keep) the economy going?
This major economic event in the late 1930s ultimately helped end the Great Depression.
What is World War II?