Alphabet Agencies
What repealed Prohibition in 1933?
What is the 21st Amendment
Government program to help the needy
What is the relief program
What illness was FDR struck with that caused him to be crippled?
What is Polio
Who was the President when the Depression started?
Who is Herbert Hoover
Who is the President that got us out of the Depression?
Who is President Franklin Roosevelt
Regulated bank transactions in credit, currency, foreign exchange. Banks must have more money than creditors can pull out to reopen
What is the Emergency Banking Relief Act
Government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes
What is deficit spending
What party did Franklin Roosevelt represent?
What is the Democratic Party
The area of the United States that was affected by drought and tornadoes that caused many farmers to become poor
What is the Dust Bowl
Was Roosevelt's far cousin who he ended up marrying
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
This National Park was created by men who were part of the Civilian Conservation Corps
What is the Shenandoah National Park
veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand immediate payment of a World War I bonus
What is the bonus army
Served as this during World War 1
What is the assistant Secretary of the Navy
What is a cause of The Great Depression?
- Overproduction- wages did not keep up with prices, so buying falls off
- Durable goods- products designed to last for years. Demand decreases
- Weakness in banking system- risky loans, money supply decreases
Was ordered to get rid of the bonus Army by President Hoover because they were protesting
Who is General Douglas MacArthur
This act helped farmers by paying them to not grow certain crops
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act
series of laws passed in the 1930s that gave Native American nations greater control over their own affairs
What is the Indian New Deal
Made announcements and spoke to Americans by using this common household item
What is the Radio
The nickname of the group of college professors who were in Roosevelt's cabinet
What is the Brain Trust
The First women to hold a Cabinet Post
Who is Frances Perkins
It protected bank deposits up to $5,000. Today the amount is $100,000
What is the Federal deposit insurance corporation
group of black leaders who unofficially advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the situation of African Americans
What is the Black Cabinet
What were the three R's that Roosevelt tried to do in the New Deal
Relief, Recovery Reform
What was the percentage of people who were unemployed during the depression
What is 25%
Was a severe critic of Roosevelt who was from Louisiana. He believed the New Deal didn't help the poor enough
Who is Huey Long