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Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

What was The What was The Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley

Authority?Authority?

This was a program set up to This was a program set up to help the poor by building help the poor by building dams, planting forests, and dams, planting forests, and setting up schools and health setting up schools and health centers in Tennessee.centers in Tennessee.

What was the New What was the New Deal?Deal?

The name of Roosevelt’s The name of Roosevelt’s famous reform program famous reform program to get American out of to get American out of

the Depression.the Depression.

What were fireside chats?What were fireside chats?

Conversations held by Conversations held by Roosevelt over the radio Roosevelt over the radio to reassure Americans.to reassure Americans.

What is a Bank Holiday?What is a Bank Holiday?

Roosevelt closed the Roosevelt closed the banks to protect them banks to protect them

from failing. The closing from failing. The closing was called this.was called this.

What was the Works What was the Works Progress Administration?Progress Administration?This program used the This program used the unemployed to build unemployed to build

government buildings, government buildings, hospitals, and parks. It also hospitals, and parks. It also

helped artists.helped artists.

This group of single men worked in parks and

forests to preserve the environment.

What was the Civilian What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?Conservation Corps?

This group of professors This group of professors created ideas for the created ideas for the

New Deal.New Deal.

What was the Brain Trust?What was the Brain Trust?

As part of the NRA, As part of the NRA, companies that companies that

employed the new code employed the new code standards were given a standards were given a special symbol. Name special symbol. Name

it.it.

What was the What was the Blue Eagle Blue Eagle

Stamp?Stamp?

This New Deal Program This New Deal Program assisted the elderly with assisted the elderly with

a pension plan.a pension plan.

What was the Social What was the Social Security Act?Security Act?

Farmers in the New Deal Farmers in the New Deal were asked to do were asked to do

something unusual as something unusual as part of the AAA. part of the AAA.

What is They were Paid not to Grow Crops?What is They were Paid not to Grow Crops?

This act extended This act extended electricity lines to electricity lines to

farmers in rural areas.farmers in rural areas.

What is the Rural ElectrificationWhat is the Rural Electrification

Administration?Administration?

This act allowed only This act allowed only healthy banks to re-healthy banks to re-

open.open.

What is the Emergency What is the Emergency Banking Relief Act?Banking Relief Act?

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“Don’t Choke!”

Who are the elderly, disabled,Who are the elderly, disabled,

and the unemployed?and the unemployed?

These people were helped by a pension plan through the

Social Security Act. Name all three groups.

This corporation provided This corporation provided insurance to bank insurance to bank depositors. It was depositors. It was

designed to help prevent designed to help prevent another depression. another depression.

What is the FDIC?What is the FDIC?

This legislation allowed This legislation allowed the government to be the government to be more involved in the more involved in the

economy.economy.

What is New Deal What is New Deal legislation?legislation?

This administration This administration improved American life with improved American life with

labor saving products labor saving products (washing machine, water (washing machine, water pump, electric stoves), pump, electric stoves), electric lighting, and electric lighting, and

entertainment/communicatientertainment/communications.ons.

What is Rural What is Rural Electrification ?Electrification ?

This was the immediate This was the immediate cause of the Depression cause of the Depression that caused millions of that caused millions of

investors to lose money.investors to lose money.

What is the Stock Market What is the Stock Market Crash? Crash?

This was the day when This was the day when prices in the stock prices in the stock market crashed.market crashed.

What was Black Tuesday?What was Black Tuesday?

This occurs when a This occurs when a government spends government spends more than it takes in more than it takes in

from taxes.from taxes.

What is deficit spending?What is deficit spending?

The banks closed for The banks closed for this reason:this reason:

What is: What is: Overspeculators could Overspeculators could not repay their loans?not repay their loans?

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“Don’t Choke!”

This cause of the This cause of the Depression strangled Depression strangled international trade.international trade.

What were high What were high international tariffs?international tariffs?

Hoover did not win the Hoover did not win the election in 1932 for this election in 1932 for this

reason.reason.

What are hopes that What are hopes that Roosevelt would do Roosevelt would do

something about the something about the economy?economy?

Slums and shantytowns Slums and shantytowns made of cardboard were made of cardboard were

nicknamed this.nicknamed this.

What were Hoovervilles?What were Hoovervilles?

True or False: Roosevelt True or False: Roosevelt believed that the believed that the

government should government should interfere with the interfere with the

economy.economy.

What is true?What is true?

The first thing Roosevelt The first thing Roosevelt did while in office to did while in office to

counteract the Depression counteract the Depression was this.was this.

What is close the banks?What is close the banks?

A group of veterans who A group of veterans who marched in Washington marched in Washington to demand their money to demand their money

was nicknamed this.was nicknamed this.

What was the Bonus Army?What was the Bonus Army?

The Great Plains earned The Great Plains earned this new nickname as this new nickname as the result of topsoil the result of topsoil being carried away.being carried away.

What is The Dust Bowl?What is The Dust Bowl?

People found escapes People found escapes from hard times during from hard times during

the Depression by the Depression by going to these.going to these.

What are the movies?What are the movies?

What is, “They were What is, “They were undergoing a depression undergoing a depression of their own from WWI of their own from WWI debts?debts?European nations were European nations were hurt by the high tariffs hurt by the high tariffs

for this reason.for this reason.

What is a tariff?What is a tariff?

This was a tax on This was a tax on imports, used to protect imports, used to protect

industry from foreign industry from foreign competition.competition.

What is the Federal What is the Federal Reserve System?Reserve System?

This was the U.S. This was the U.S. Central Bank that uses Central Bank that uses

monetary policy to monetary policy to regulate the economy.regulate the economy.