Once inaugurated, Franklin Roosevelt summoned Congress into a special session.  He was able to get fifteen major bills passed to counter the effects of the Depression. This is often referred to as the “Hundred Days.”

Roosevelt’s attempt to appoint new, liberal Supreme Court Justices and change the ideological balance of the Court.

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929 failed to improve conditions for farmers because ___________.

Henry Ford was one of the first to implement welfare capitalism.  He shortened the work week, raised wages, and instituted paid vacations.

This act provided federal funds to states to establish prenatal and child health care programs.  It was a direct result of politicians trying to appeal to the women who now could vote.  

This program established a system of work relief for the unemployed.  It was responsible for building or renovating 110,000 public buildings and constructing over 500,000 miles of road.

This novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald exemplifies the glitz and glamour of the decade while revealing its dark morality and corruption.

A consumer economy was developed in the 1920s because ___________.

A region that stretched north from Texas into the Dakotas and experienced a decade-long drought that began in 1930.  It turned what had once been fertile farmland into a desert.

The goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) included all the following except ___________.