Great Depression / New Deal

Roosevelt refused to support an anti-lynching law because he needed the votes of

Franklin Roosevelt's personality can best be described as

In response to the Great Depression, President Hoover

The New Deal put people to work building all of the following except

According to Say's law, overproduction of goods can be solved by

What was President Hoover's Good Neighbor policy?

Who was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

New Deal funds were given to

What agency regulates the stock market?

During the New Deal, government spending

Workers stop working during a(n)

What program insures bank deposits?

Which of the following was NOT a warning sign that the economy was in trouble in 1929?

During the Depression, many minority workers

Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pull America out of the Depression was called the ___ Deal.

What branch of government said the New Deal was unconstitutional?

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Who traveled the country for President Roosevelt to check on the progress of the New Deal?

A severe economic decline is called a

She was an African-American blues singer.

What event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

Borrowing money to buy stocks was called buying on

President Hoover believed that the Great Depression

The stock market crashed in October

During Roosevelt's first 100 days as President, he

Those hardest hit by the Depression were

Who criticized Roosevelt for not doing enough to help the poor?

The rise in stock values mainly benefited

What new program was created in the 1930s to help elderly and disabled Americans?

World War I veterans who wanted early pension payments were called the

What mob boss opened a soup kitchen in Chicago during the Depression?

President Hoover believed that the best way to end the Depression was by

He organized the first African-American labor union and planned a march on Washington.

During the Depression, thousands of banks closed because they

Roosevelt tried to change the Supreme Court by

Eventually, the Depression affected

Roosevelt communicated with the American people with his fireside chats over

Consumers' desire for new products led to

What new construction was a symbol of hope during the Depression?

Until 1929, the value of stocks

How did President Hoover respond to the Bonus Army?

What disability did Franklin Roosevelt hide from the public?

During the 1930s, farms on the Great Plains were destroyed by

During the Depression, working women were

Who won the 1928 election?

Before becoming President, Herbert Hoover was a

Despite the prosperity of the 1920s, life remained hard for many

Under the New Deal, labor unions

Roosevelt paid for his New Deal programs by

Which general forced the Bonus Army out of Washington, DC?

The Great Depression

Shelters built by homeless people were called

What changed about the stock market after the crash?

The Depression affected people's health because of

Who was the first woman to serve in the President's cabinet?

As President, Franklin Roosevelt greatly increased the role of ___ in society.

When Hoover became President most Americans expected

People lost their homes and farms during the Depression because

In the 1936 election, Roosevelt

Who won several gold medals at the 1936 olympics?