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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1932-1941 - The Presidential Election Of 1932 And The First New Deal
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In November 1932 the electorate of the USA faced a clear choice: first, Roosevelt and his Democrats who offered a 'New Deal', and second, the Republicans who offered more of the same - in other words to avoid getting the state involved in any attempts to fix the US economy.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - U.S. History - Middle School - USA: 1932-1941 - The Presidential Election Of 1932 And The First New Deal
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1. In the so-called Alphabet Agencies FDR planned to spend federal money on new infrastructure. One - the TVA - was restricted to one state. Which state was this?
2. FDR's first statement to the American people concerned the banking crisis. He was especially worried by 'bank runs'. What are these?
3. How did FDR like to communicate to the American people what he was trying to achieve?
4. Roosevelt simplified his aims in the First New Deal into the three R's. What did they stand for?
5. Who ran against FDR in 1932 for the Republicans?
6. Some of America's brightest graduates worked for FDR, providing policy advice. What was this group called?
7. Roosevelt carried out major reforms in the early period of the First New Deal. What name was given to this heady time?
8. Which song did FDR choose as his campaign anthem in 1932?
9. What had been Roosevelt's previous job before becoming President?
10. FDR earned early popularity by repealing a measure passed over twenty years before. What name is given to this law?