Gave young men jobs working in national parks and forests.
What is CCC
100
When the stock market experiences a long period of rising stock prices it's called a
What is bull market.
100
Was president when the Great Depression began, and is criticized for his failure to respond to it.
What is President Herbert Hoover
100
Suffered from a physical disability caused by this ailment:
What is Polio
100
Starred Judy Garland and her little dog too.
What is The Wizard of Oz
200
Dammed rivers and installed power lines to provide electricity to Appalachia.
What is TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
200
Buying stocks with borrowed money is called:
What is buying on the margin.
200
A trait that Hoover believed exemplified the individual's ability to overcome crisis and misfortune.
What is rugged individualism or self-sufficiency.
200
Married to Franklin Roosevelt and served as his "boots on the ground" traveling all over the country.
What is Eleanor Roosevelt
200
Thousands left the Great Plains because of this event.
What is The Dust Bowl
300
Was created to protect depositors from bank failures.
What is FDIC
300
When too many depositors decide to withdraw their funds from a bank at the same time it's called:
What is a run on the bank.
300
Veterans who marched on Washington DC to request promised payments
What is Bonus Army
300
In which address did Roosevelt proclaim: "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."
What is the first inaugural address
300
First talking picture show.
What is The Jazz Singer
400
Created jobs and public works programs that employed artists, construction workers, and engineers.
What is WPA (Works Progress Administration)
400
The rich got richer and the poor got poorer in the 1920's resulting in:
What is uneven distribution of wealth.
400
Shantytowns built on the Washington Mall and the outskirts of cities.
What is Hooverville
400
When the Supreme Court threatened to overturn key elements of the New Deal as unconstitutional, Roosevelt proposed to increase the number of justices on the bench the press called this.
What is Court Packing
400
Was known as "Little Miss Sunshine."
What is Shirley Temple
500
A program created to provide care for the elderly, disabled, and the blind, which is still in existence today.
What is Social Security
500
Restricted foreign demand for US made products:
What is Hawley-Smoot Tariff
500
Rather than offering federal assistance, Hoover believed these should provide direct relief to desperate citizens.
What is state and local governments
500
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 reversed the policies of this act, and paved the way for Native American Sovereignty.