FDR - Basic knowledge

In what years was FDR president

1933-45

What big crisis had just affected the whole world when FDR became president

Great Depression

What was the unemployment rate in 1933

25%

What was the name of Roosevelt’s plan to fix the country

New deal

In what year was the Social Security Act passed

1935

What did the Social Security Act provide

Retirement payments for over-65’s, insurance for the unemployed, aid for disabled

Who was voting for the democrats in the 1930’s

The south, Urban ethnic in the north (mostly catholics), Workers and unemployed

Why were the south voting for the democrats

At this point the Democratic Party were less liberal on race. Abe Lincoln (man who ended slavery) was a republican

How long did it take for Roosevelt to start feeling opposition to his new deal policies

Until 1937

When was Pearl Harbor attacked

1941