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The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt.
100
All of FDR's programs to deal with the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal!
100
Oct. 29, 1929
What is the day the stock market crashed.
100
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
100

What is another name for the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

What is "Black Tuesday."

200
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
200
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far.
Who are the conservatives.
200
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt.
What is the Dust Bowl.
200
This insures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
200

What was the series of radio broadcasts made by FDR to the people in order to keep them informed and make the Federal Government more accessible?

What are the "fireside chats."

300
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers.
300

This group of people thought that FDR's plan did not go far ENOUGH.

Who are the liberals.

300
The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
300

This agency provided jobs to mostly men to build roads and bridges, and other public buildings

What is the WPA. (Works Progress Administration)

300

What do the 3 "R's" stand for in the New Deal?

What are "Relief, Recovery, Reform."

400

What is the economic system that FDR moved us away from in order to control corruption in  businesses post-Crass?

What is "laissez-faire."

400

This part of the New Deal is still in effect today, and provides monthly payments to the elderly and the disabled.

What is Social Security

400

The method people used to buy stocks with only a small portion of their own money, and that contributed to the Stock Market Crash.

What is "buying on margin."

400
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land.
What is the AAA. (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
400

Throughout the 20's and after the Crash, what was the huge difference in money earned between social classes?

What is "income disparity."

500

The term was given to one of FDR's plans when he suggested an age cap of 70 and add justices to the Court.

What is "court packing."

500
the four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.
What is the banking holiday.
500
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment.
500

This law replaced the NLRA after it was ruled unconstitutional, and allowed workers to form labor unions and use collective bargaining. 

What is the "Wagner Act."

500

What is the practice of spending MORE than the government receives in revenue?

What is "deficit spending."