FDR
Depression Peeps
Great Depression Terms
The New Deal... Abbreviated
New Deal Proper Nouns
100

Franklin Roosevelt's middle name

(Be careful!)

What is Delano?

100

the Republican loser in the Election of 1932

Who was Herbert Hoover?

100

radio addresses in which President Roosevelt spoke directly to the American people

What were fireside chats?

100

TVA

What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?

100

the name for the economic hard times that lasted through most of the 1930s

What was the Great Depression?

200

the First Lady, the wife of Franklin Roosevelt

Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

200

the Democratic winner in the Election of 1932

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

200

buying stocks on credit, using borrowed money

What was buying on margin?

200

FDR

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

200

the nickname for the area of the mid-west that suffered a drought during the Great Depression

What was the Dust Bowl?

300

the name of Franklin Roosevelt's big plan to help Americans during the Great Depression

(Card players could sometimes use this too!)

What is the New Deal?

300

the author of The Grapes of Wrath, a tale of the impact of the Great Depression

Who was John Steinbeck?

300

These two words are missing from one of FDR's famous quotes:

"The only thing we have to fear is _____ _____."

(not giant clowns)

What is "fear itself?"

300

CCC

What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?

300

the day the stock market crashed, beginning the Great Depression

What was Black Tuesday?

400

Before he became President, Franklin Roosevelt was the governor of this populous eastern state.

What is New York?

400

socialist candidate in the Election of 1932 who wanted to guarantee each person $5,000 a year by taxing the wealthy

Who was Huey Long?

400

an up-and-down pattern in an economy

What is the business cycle?

400

SS

What is social security?

400

a nickname for pants with empty pockets sticking out, showing that the person had no money

What were Hoover flags?

500

the crippling disease that Franklin Roosevelt had, often confining him to a wheelchair

What is polio?

500

the first woman appointed to a US President's cabinet

(We are unsure whether she liked pancakes.)

Who was Frances Perkins?

500

a practice where workers stayed in factories but refused to work

What is a sit-down strike?

500

FDIC

What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?

500

a group of veterans who marched to Washington, hoping to receive their extra pay early

(Some were killed in a clash with US troops.)

What was the Bonus Army?