The president who created the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
The 4 day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.
What is the banking holiday?
Oct. 29, 1929 is also known as ....
What is Black Tuesday?
This agency gave young adults (men ages 18-25) employment to work on various conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far.
Who are the conservatives?
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This program insures money that is deposited into banks will be safe.
What is the FDIC? (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
This was as high as 33% in American during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment?
The person who came up with the "Share the Wealth" plan.
Who is Huey Long?
The person blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley.
What is the TVA? (Tennessee Valley Authority)
This woman documented the Great Depression through photography. (hint: Migrant Mother)
Who is Dorothea Lange?
This person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month.
Who is Francis Townsend?
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is FDR?
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised bonus.
What is the Bonus Army.
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land.
What is the AAA? (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
FDR said this person was one of the most dangerous men in America.
Who is Huey Long?
All of FDR's programs to help the US recover from the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal?
Americans did not earn enough money to buy goods and services: poor __________ power
What is purchasing?
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)
FDR's campaign song.
What is "Happy Days Are Here Again?"