US HY 2 Depression/New Deal

Upon taking office FDR past several initiatives in what became known as “The ___ days.”

Suicide, Alcoholism and mental institution admission rose during the Great Depression. T or F?

The U.S. government paid for the New Deal programs largely with deficit spending which is…

Famous Great Depression photographer. Paid by the Federal Art Project. (a WPA branch)

FDR openly supported the African American Civil Rights movement strongly. T or F?

Day that the Stock market “crashed”:

Set the minimum wage and maximum work hours for the U.S.:

What final act of Herbert Hoover’s destroyed his legacy?

With the Depression still lingering, FDR did not win election again in 1936. True or False?

FDR’s programs to get the country back to working was called the…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (aka FDR) was of which political Party?

Soap Operas were named such because…

By 1940, still only 45% of homes had radios. True or False?

The Works Progress Administration hired artists, writers and photographers as well. T or F?

Which was not covered by the Social Security Act?

Paying small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest:

Socialist critic of FDR from Louisiana:

Which was not a Dust Bowl state?

To try and reestablish the banking system in the U. S., FDR set up the ____ as bank insurance.

Form of strike where employees stay on job site and at post:

How did FDR view organized labor/unions?

Native American Reservations received more autonomy during the 1930s. T or F?

Singer who traveled the country during the Depression singing about America:

What was President Hoover’s best legacy?

FDR appointed who to head the division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration?

In the first broadcast of “War of the Worlds” many thought aliens actually invaded. T or F?

Minimum wage rises with the cost of living. True or False?

One of the first greatest radio news broadcasts was about the crash of the Zeppelin…

FDR would frequently talk to the nation via radio in his...

First well-known movie to feature color in theaters:

What organization from the New Deal gave jobs to 8 million workers from 1935-1943?

Before running for president, FDR served as governor of which state?

When the stock market collapsed millions fled to pull their money out of???

Paid by the Federal Writer’s project, ___________ wrote Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.

Which President succeeded Herbert Hoover?

Despite the wealth from the 1920s, the financial gap between the rich and poor widened. T or F?

What was Hoover’s plan to get the U.S. out of the Depression?

Raised crop prices by paying farmers off not to grow crops:

How to FDR overpower the Supreme Court to pass his New Deal programs?

Period from 1929-1940 mired in poverty due to economic collapse of 1929:

Meter for the condition of the Stock Market. Average of 30 large publicly traded firms:

FDR’s wife: (First Lady to FDR)

Established to create several dams in the Tennessee Valley area:

Which group did not provide major support for FDR?

Put Young men to work building roads, parks and planting trees:

Buying stock quickly for short term wealth:

By the late 1930s, 65% of Americans were attending the movies at least once per week. T or F?

When elected, President Hoover stated America was closer than ever to defeating poverty.T or F?