New Deal
True or False: The New Deal is ONE program that aided Americans during the Depression.
False. The New Deal had many programs.
True or False: Franklin Roosevelt became President when he defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election.
True
The ___ ____ was a series of 15 programs designed to help Americans & the economy during the Great Depression.
New Deal
True or False: African Americans got the same benefits that white Americans did during the New Deal.
False!
This was a program in the second New Deal that taxed working Americans and used the money created a retirement fund for elderly and disabled Americans.
Social Security Act
President _____ was the President at the start of the Depression. He believed charities were responsible for providing for the needy and that the government was not responsible.
This was a term that described light-hearted entertainment to help people forget about their problems during the Great Depression
escapism
Oftrentimes, women were paid ____ than men to work the same exact job during the depression.
Less
This was the nickname for the First New Deal. Known for economic recovery programs and categorized by lots of programs in a short amount of time.
FDR was the first president to hire African Americans to advise him. This was the name of the group of African Americans that advised President Roosevelt.
Black Cabinet
Many WWI veterans marched on Washington, DC to demand their _____. President Hoover ended the march by calling in the army.
Bonus
The ___ _____ was a huge, man-made environmental disaster in the Southern Great Plains
Dust Bowl
This New Deal program restored people's confidence in banks by guaranteeing that their money would NOT be lost if the bank failed.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corperation)
FDR lost a lot of support when he was accused of ____ the Supreme Court by increasing the number of judges from 9 to 15
packing
A ______ is a retirement plan that pays out in monthly installments after you retire.
Pension
This was a series of programs designed to give land back to Native Americans as well as help fund schools on their reservations
Indian New Deal
This New Deal Program gave money to states to help out people in economic need. Created the welfare system.
FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Act)
FDR was the first President to hire a woman to advise him in his cabinet. This was the name of the Secretary of Labor under President Roosevelt.
Frances Perkins
The Supreme Court declared the NIRA & AAA were ___________ and threatened to undo the New Deal
unconstitutional
He was a Senator from Louisiana who thought FDR was not redistributing wealth well enough and influenced him to pass the Revenue Act of 1935, which taxed rich people and corporations.
Huey Long