The Great Depression

Question 1

New Deal

Answer 1

Who: FDR
What: Campaign Slogan
When: 1932 - 1945
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: Became FDRs Name of his various programs to help the economy during the depression

Question 2

FDR

Answer 2

Who: 32nd US President
What: US President during most of the Great Depression
When: 1933 - 1945
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: Only US President to have been elected 4 times serving 3 full terms. Kept the U.S. economy afloat

Question 3

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 3

Who: First lady
What: First politically active 1st lady
When: 1933 - 1945
Where: Washington D.C. 
Why: FDRs most valuable political asset

Question 4

First Hundred Days

Answer 4

Who: FDR
What: Programs to slow down the great depression
When: 1933
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: The focus was on recovery, relief, reform

Question 5

Keynesian Economics

Answer 5

Who: John M. Keynes
What: Government Intervention in the market
When: 1933
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: Believed in the need for deficit spending to jumpstart the economy

Question 6

Frances Perkins

Answer 6

Who: Politician
What: Secretary of Labor
When: 1933
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: First woman appointed to an executive cabinet position

Question 7

Black Cabinet

Answer 7

Who: Mary Mcleod Bethune
What: Advised the press about African American issues and struggles during depression
When:1933
Where: Washington D.C.
Why: 1st African American Federal Appointees since 1797

Question 8

Huey Long

Answer 8

Who: Senator
What: Opposed FDR
When: 1935 (Mid 1930s)
Where: Washington D.C. 
Why: Liberal opposition to FDR's policies

Question 9

“Second Hundred Days”

Answer 9

Who: FDR
What: FDRs plan during Great Depression
When: 1937
Where: Hollywood
Why: Second plan that focuses more in people than in industries

Question 10

Popular Movies of the 1930s

Answer 10

Who: Motion Picture
What: Golden Age of Hollywood
When: 1930s
Where: Hollywood
Why: Relief for people during hard times

Question 11

Superman

Answer 11

Who: Action Comics
What: The birth of superheroes
When: 1930
Where: NY
Why: Represents the idea that society needs protecting because the system has failed

Question 12

Orson Welles

Answer 12

Who: Radio Broadcaster
What: Broadcast of War of the Worlds
When: 1938
Where: NY
Why: Scared Americans when they believed aliens were landing in New Jersey