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The president who came up with the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt.
100
FDR closed these and only reopened them when they had been approved and had no danger of failing again

What are banks.

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
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers.
200
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
200

A common criticism of the New Deal

What is too expensive OR gave FDR too much power.

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
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment.
300

FDR's Secretary of Labor (first female cabinet member)


Who is Francis Perkins

300

The 3 R's of Roosevelt's New Deal

What are relief, recovery and reform.

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

This agency was designed to help older people but also women with dependant children.

What is the Social Security Administration

300

These were built out of cardboard, tin and any other material as shelter for people who lost their homes

What are Hoovervilles.

400

President who set the precedent of only serving 2 terms

who is George Washington

400

FDR's attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court

What is court packing.

400

WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get money promised to them in the future

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

Although Roosevelt had a Black Cabinet, he did not support this.

What is civil rights legislation or equal pay/job opportunity for Black Americans
500

FDR's wife who was his 'eyes and ear' and was extremely popular

Who is Eleanor Roosevelt.

500

the collective name given to all FDR's programs to help get the country out of the Great Depression

What is The New Deal!

500

When people borrowed money to buy stocks.

What is buying on margin.

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 NIRA. (National Recovery Act)

500

Native Americans gained rights during the New Deal in legislation known as

What is The Indian Reorganization Act