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Question 1

what name was given to the group of adviser who helped Roosevelt formulate a plan to attempt to overcome the depression

Answer 1

brain trust

Question 2

labor union

Answer 2

congress of industrial orginzation

Question 3

what informal talks did Roosevelt broadcast over the radio to inspire public confidence

Answer 3

fireside chats

Question 4

campaign song was “the happy days are here again”

Answer 4

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 5

protection of private money in banks

Answer 5

federal deposit insurance corporation

Question 6

prior to the great depression what were two historical terms used to describe an economic decline

Answer 6

crisis and panic

Question 7

created all kinds of jobs an including in the arts

Answer 7

works progress adminstration

Question 8

1936 republican canidate

Answer 8

Alfred Landon

Question 9

“a chicken in every pot and a care in every garage”

Answer 9

Herbert Hoover

Question 10

what were the great plains called during the devastating drought of the 1930s

Answer 10

dust bowl

Question 11

proposed a 2 percent national sales tax to pay a pension for the elderly

Answer 11

Francis townsend

Question 12

government loans to businesses such as banks and railroad

Answer 12

reconstruction finance corporation

Question 13

what is the name for the federal agency formed in the 1920’s to track down criminals

Answer 13

FBI

Question 14

what name was given to areas with cardboard shacks sheltering homeless people

Answer 14

hooverville

Question 15

land-improvement projects by young unmarried men

Answer 15

civilian conservation corps

Question 16

who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the alantic

Answer 16

Amelia Earhart

Question 17

Louisiana senator and former governor “share our wealth” scheme

Answer 17

Huey Long

Question 18

subsidies to farmers

Answer 18

agricultural adjustment act

Question 19

who proposed a plan for a government pension of 200 a month for each citizen over age sixty

Answer 19

Francis Townsend

Question 20

projects to provide navigation flood control and cheap electicty

Answer 20

Tennessee valley authority

Question 21

African american Olympic athlete

Answer 21

Jesse Owens

Question 22

what term describes the practice of spending more money than is recieved

Answer 22

deficit spending

Question 23

construction of bridges courthouses and schools

Answer 23

public works adminstration

Question 24

old age pensions and unemployment insurance

Answer 24

social security act

Question 25

whose son was kidnapped during the 1930’s

Answer 25

Charles Lindburgh

Question 26

roman catholic priest who proposed to replace capitalism with “social justice”

Answer 26

Charles Coughlin

Question 27

who received the most blame for the great depression

Answer 27

Herbert Hoover

Question 28

the US supreme court struck down as unconstitutional the national industrial recovery act and the

Answer 28

agriculture adjustment act

Question 29

unskilled workers in large industries were organized by

Answer 29

John J Lewis

Question 30

immediately after taking office,Franklin Roosevelt took two important steps

Answer 30

he called congress session

declaring a bank holiday

Question 31

agency that focused relief for the jobless

Answer 31

public works adminstration

Question 32

what agency was a government attempt to regulate american business

Answer 32

NRA

Question 33

why did Hoover fail to take action in his final moths in his adminstration

Answer 33

Roosevelt avoided approving his proposal

Question 34

3 facts of family in great depression

Answer 34

sent letter to the presidents family
many did not have enough food
both men and women had difficulty finding jobs

Question 35

who were known for crime

Answer 35

clyde barror
john delliger
bruno

Question 36

the 3 main entertainments where

Answer 36

radio
comics
movies

Question 37

introduced government ownership and control of utillities

Answer 37

agicultral adjustment act