Great Depression

5. What national monument was completed during the Great Depression as a way to create jobs?
8. What New Deal program provided jobs for young men to work on environmental projects?
10. What 1933 movie symbolized the hardships of the Great Depression and the fears of industrialization?
12. What environmental disaster forced many farmers to migrate west during the 1930s?
15. Who was the U.S. president at the start of the Great Depression?
16. Who was the African American heavyweight boxing champion who became a symbol of hope during the 1930s?
18. First name of the First Lady known for her activism and support of New Deal programs?
19. What organization was created to protect people's bank deposits (acronym only)?
20. What was the name of the day the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929?
21. Holiday What term refers to FDR’s emergency closure of banks to restore public confidence in the financial system?

1. Who was the U.S. president elected in 1932 who implemented the New Deal?
2. What New Deal agency created jobs by funding public works projects like roads and bridges?
3. Who was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration designed to help?
4. What massive public works project near Las Vegas was built during the Great Depression to provide jobs and electricity?
6. What famous photograph by Dorothea Lange captured the struggles of the Great Depression?
7. What New Deal program provides retirement and disability benefits to Americans?
9. What was the nickname for the migrants, mainly from Oklahoma, who moved west due to the Dust Bowl?
11. What was the nickname for the shantytowns that sprang up during the Great Depression?
13. Reached 25% at its peak.
14. What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s program aimed at economic recovery and reform?
17. What were the radio broadcasts in which FDR spoke directly to the American public called?
20. What was the name of the group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 to demand early payment of their bonuses?