Question | Answer |
Which New Deal program gave subsidies to farmers to reduce their crop reduction? | Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) |
Who was the Kansas governor who ran for president against FDR in 1936? | Alfred Landon |
Which New Deal program gave jobs to unemployed men doing environmental projects? | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
What is a dole? | Government charity |
Who was the man who had lots of support from elderly Americans because of his ideas for Social Security? | Dr. Francis Townsend |
Which New Deal program was headed by Harry Hopkins? | Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
How much money did the FERA distribute to state and local relief agencies? | $500 million |
How did Eleanor Roosevelt influence her husband's presidency? | Helped to pass child labor laws, gave women more of a voice in politics, made the president more accessible to Americans |
Who was the demagogue who had a radio show where he pushed for the nationalization of banks? | Father Charles Coughlin |
What is the term for the frequent radio addresses FDR gave during his presidency? | Fireside chats |
Who was FDR's Secretary of Labor who worked for a minimum wage law? | Frances Perkins |
Who was FDR's Secretary of the Interior who worked to improve race relations? | Harold Ickes |
Which New Deal program was Harry Hopkins in charge of? | Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) |
Who was the senator who launched the "Share Our Wealth" campaign and was later assassinated? | Huey P. Long |
What was Roosevelt's time of intense legislation called? | The Hundred Days |
Who was the author of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934? | John Collier |
What is a moratorium? | A temporary shutdown of operations |
Within the first two years after this law was passed, union membership increased by one million members. | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
This group of Americans were among the poorest in the nation during the Depression. | Native Americans |
Roosevelt wanted to maintain support from Southern whites; therefore, he did not push to abolish this. | Poll tax |
People who were unemployed for more than three years could apply for this. | Public aid |
Because of this law, electricity had been extended to 90 percent of all American farms. | Rural Electrification Act |
Roosevelt worried that this law might lead to more strikes since it strengthened the power of unions. | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
This law started pension and survivors' benefits for the elderly and the orphaned. | Social Security Act |
What are three facts about the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union? | Went on strike to obtain raises, showed blacks and whites could work together, petitioned the Department of Agriculture |
Which law was designed to protect investors from fraud in the stock market? | Truth-in-Securities Act |
Who was FDR's Secretary of the Treasury who came up with a plan for dealing with the banking crisis? | William Woodin |
Which New Deal program sponsored a $300,000 project in San Antonio for a walkway along the river? | Works Progress Administration (WPA) |