This was designed to stop massive bank withdrawals.
What is the bank holiday?
100
A radio priest from Michigan, urged the government to nationalize all banks and return to the silver standard.
Who is Father Coughlin?
100
This organization planted a windbreak during the Dust Bowl from Texas to Canada.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
100
This program sought to encourage pride in American culture by providing work to artists in the fields of writing, theater, music, and visual arts.
What is Federal Project Number One?
100
Many of the New Deal recovery programs were based on his economic theories.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
200
First woman nominated to the President's cabinet. She was the secretary of labor.
Who is Francis Perkins?
200
Provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs. Provided pensions for retired workers older than age 65.
What is the Social Security Act?
200
This state made it illegal to bring anyone in who was unemployed. The Supreme Court struck down this state's law.
What is California?
200
A sweeping story of the Old South set during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
What is "Gone With The Wind."
200
Adivised the Department of the Interior on racial matters.
Who is Robert C. Weaver?
300
This commission was created to regulate companies that sell stocks and bonds.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
300
Provided electricity to isolated rural areas. Gave the government the right to regulate the interstate production, transmission, and sale of gas and electricity.
What is Rural Electrification Administration?
300
Famous FSA photographer. Her most famous photograph is 'Migrant Mother.'
Who is Dorothea Lang?
300
Author of "The Grapes of Wrath."
Who is John Steinbeck?
300
Appointed director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
400
A world famous African American singer who perform a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Who is Marian Anderson?
400
Republican nominated for president in 1936.
Who is Alfred M. Landon, governor of Kansas?
400
Famous American Folk Music performer of the Dust Bowl era.
Who is Woody Guthrie?
400
Famous African American Gospel composer who wrote "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
Who is Thomas A. Dorsey?
400
This film director is reconized for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
Who is Frank Capra?
500
This provided funds to start tribal business ventures and to pay for college education of young American Indians.
What is the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934?
500
Created by Congress in 1937, provided low-interest, long-term loans to help tenant farmers and sharecroppers buy land.
What is the Farm Security Administraton?
500
Nickname given to many of the migrating to California during the Dust Bowl.
What is "Okies."
500
Painter of "American Goth."
Who is Grant Wood?
500
Founder of the American Indian Defense Association.