Addresses that were meant to sound of though FDR were in the listener's living room, speaking personally with the family.
Fireside chats
100
Group of African Americans that acted as unofficial advisers to the president.
Black Cabinet
100
This disease nearly killed FDR and left him without full use of his legs.
Polio
100
Established pensions for retirees, unemployment insurance, and aid for certain groups of low-income or disabled people.
Social Security
200
Many poor people formed these nicknamed makeshift communities.
Hoovervilles
200
To stop the cycle of bank runs, FDR issued an executive order temporarily closing all of the nation's banks. He called it a ____________.
Bank holiday
200
Photographer who worked on behalf of the Farm Security Administration to document the plight of the poor, especially in rural areas.
Dorothea Lange
200
Serving during the early years of the Depression, FDR won the race for governor of ___________ in 1928.
New York
200
Provided jobs on conservation projects to young men whose families needed relief.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
300
A nickname for when "Okies" packed up their belongings and left the Great Plains regions that were hit by severe drought and wind storms.
Dust Bowl
300
The New Deal came to include a wide range of measures aimed at accomplishing these three goals:
Relief, recovery, and reform
300
Serving as the Secretary of Labor, she was the first woman to head an executive department.
Frances Perkins
300
The resolution of the banking crisis was just the beginning of a critical period of government activity that came to be known as the ___________.
Hundred Days
300
Established an insurance program for deposits in many banks.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
400
Hoover believed that unnecessary government not only threatened prosperity but also dimmed the very spirit of the American people. A key part of this spirit was what he called ___________________.
"Rugged Individualism"
400
This New Deal critic's idea was to give every family $5,000 to buy a home, plus an income of $2,500 a year, heavily taxing the wealthy.
Huey P. Long
400
Three ways poor Americans escaped the depression:
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What was Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature?
Movies, Radio, Sports
400
Critic who opposed the New Deal and FDR for not doing enough for older Americans. Some of his ideas would later help shape the thinking and policies of FDR.
Dr. Frances Townsend
400
Provided public-works jobs on a wide range of projects for many of those needing relief.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
500
Group of some 15,000 WWI veterans who set up camp near the nation's capital in May 1932.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: The veterans were supposed to receive their bonus in which year?
Bonus Army
500
This plan would give the president power to appoint many new judges and expand the Supreme Court by up to six justices.
Court-packing plan
500
This powerful woman threw her energies into several major social issues including women's rights and racial discrimination. Traveling the world making speeches, she served as FDR's "eyes and ears."
Eleanor Roosevelt
500
This international conflict is said to have ended the depression.
World War II
500
Established minimum wages and maximum hours for many workers.