1932 Election

Question 1

What year did FDR win the election?

Answer 1

1932

Question 2

How many speeches could FDR make up to in a day?

Answer 2

15

Question 3

What prior experience in politics did FDR have and through he had created the first?

Answer 3

He had already helped the poor as Governor of New York when he set up the first state-run relief scheme.

Question 4

How did Hoover boost FDR’s popularity?

Answer 4

❖The Great Depression worsened during Hoover’s presidency.

❖Millions of people had to exist in ‘Hoovervilles’ which were shanty towns named after, and blamed on, Hoover.