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Great Depression
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1
Which Critic wanted to take $5000 from each wealthy American and give it to the poor
The American Civil Liberties Union
Huey Long
Dr Francis Townsend
Father Coughlin
2
the movie with the message "there's no place like home"
Gone with the Wind
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Gold Diggers
Wizard of Oz
3
FDR named this woman to be the Secretary of Labor
Marian Anderson
Frances Perkins
Mary McLeod Bethune
Eleanor Roosevelt
4
Dorothea Lange's most famous subjects in the 1930s were
sports figures
the rural poor
movie stars
politicians
5
who wrote stories about desperate farmers traveling vast distances to find work?
Stephen King
Gertrude Stein
F Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
6
in the fall of 1930, 6000 unemployed workers sold what on the street of NYC
cars
the clothes
apples
bananas
7
Grant Wood painted the most famous image from the era known as
American Gothic
the Migrant Mother
the Mona Lisa
Frankie and Johnny
8
WWI veterans who marched on Washington DC were known as
GI Joes
okies
hoboes
the bonus army
9
the legislation that allowed collective bargaining by unions
Social Security
the Hawley Smoot tariff
the Wagner Act
the RFC
10
people who hopped trains to look for work were known as
migrants
okies
hoboes
hoovervilles
11
what were the goals of the new deal
relief
reform
regulation
recovery
12
80 million Americans spent money each week for movies because
they provided an escape from economic troubles
films were a hard hitting expose on society
radio was no longer popular
they were good sources of information
13
loose knit communities of rustic shacks and tents were called
ghetto
hoovervilles
a bummer
the dump
14
The CCC was formed to address the problem of
unemployment among young men
investor anxiety
clear cutting in old-growth forests
poor wages for factory workers
15
What happened on October 24, 1929
the Dust Bowl started
FDR was elected
the Stock Market crashed
Hoover was elected
16
the collapse of the stock market is known as
black tuesday
a dark day
the bull market
the bear market
17
what was the purpose of the fireside chats
to promote pride in banking
to discuss racism
to make citizens aware of economic threats
to increase the public's confidence
18
FDR's program of relief, recovery, and reform
the New Deal
hoovervilles
the New Frontier
the American Dream
19
Who said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?"
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Huey Long
Franklin Roosevelt
20
what misstep caused FDR to lose the support of some within his own party
he attempted to pack the Supreme Court with friendly judges
he relied on his wife too much
he created the WPA
he was too informal with his fireside chats
21
which group helped restore public confidence in the nation's banks
FDIC
SEC
WPA
Social Security
22
which President wanted businesses and consumers to cure the Depression without help from govt?
Coolidge
Hoover
Harding
Roosevelt
23
Songs such as "Brother, Can you spare a dime" which tell an important story are called
oral history
old fashioned
sad and depressing
boring
24
the period of drought and devastation of the Great Plains was called
the dust bowl
wrath of God
tornado season
the great depression
25
it provided old age pensions for workers and disabled
Wagner Act
the TVA
Social Security Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
26
Great Plains farmers who left their homes in search of work were called
outlaws
renegades
okies
hoboes
27
Early in his administration, FDR pushed many programs through Congress in the period known as
Hundred Days
The Wagner Act
The Social Security Act
the Dust Bowl