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The first female cabinet member, FDR named her Secretary of Labor.

Who is Francis Perkins? 

100

This group of people thought the New Deal went too far.

Who are the conservatives/ Republicans

100
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt.
What is the Dust Bowl.
100
This insures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
100
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment.
200

The president who was elected in 1932 and eventually created the New Deal. 

Who is Franklin Roosevelt?

200

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?

200

The stock market crashed on this date. 

What is "Black Thursday" or October 29th, 1929? 

200
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
200

The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.

Who are farmers? 

300

The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan and was a vocal critic to FDR for not doing enough. 

Who is Huey Long?

300
Many New Deal critics pointed at this behavior of FDR as an example of him grasping for power and trying to maniupulate the sytem. 

What is Court-Packing? 

300

The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.

Who is Herbert Hoover?

300
This agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley.
What is the TVA. (Tennessee Valley Authority)
300

This person documented the Great Depression through photography. (hint: Migrant Mother)

Who is Dorothea Lange.

400

The migrants who left the Dust Bowl were depicted in this person's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath".

Who is John Steinbeck? 

400
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is FDR.
400

WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get promised checks only to be removed by force by General MacArthur? 

What is the Bonus Army?

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

The American Boxer whose battles with German Max Schmeling came to symbolize the battle of democracy vs Dictatorship. 

Who is Joe Louis? 

500

The Democratic nominee in 1928, whose Catholicism made Prohibition a central issue of the Presidential Election. 

Who is Al Smith? 

500

The 3 R's of the New Deal.

What is Relief, Recovery, and Reform? 

500
Americans did not earn enough money to buy goods and services.
What is poor purchasing power.
500
This helped establish a minimum wage, set working hour limits, and allowed for unions to bargain collectively. Later, it was declared unconstitutional.
What is the NRA. (National Recovery Act)
500

Name 4 causes of the Great Depression. 

What are overproduction, Consumerism, buying on margin, market speculation, the Stock Market crash?