Great Depression Matching

 Herbert Hoover  Franklin Roosevelt  Eleanor Roosevelt  Douglas MacArthur  John L. Lewis  Father Charles Coughlin  Huey Long  Francis Townsend  Frances Perkins

Directions: Match the person with the correct definition or description below

Person Definition or Description was an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression. Known as the "Townsend Plan", this proposal influenced the establishment of the Roosevelt administration's Social Security system. …commonly known by his initials, served as President for 12 years until his death in 1945, the only president ever to do so, led the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and during WW II nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana and as a member of the United States Senate. He denounced the rich and the banks and called for "Share the Wealth." One of his most controversial acts came in 1932, when the "Bonus Army" of veterans converged on Washington. He ordered troops to clear the Bonus Army's campground using tear gas. The gas canisters started a number of fires, causing the only death during the riots. ….used his radio program to attack both the President and the New Deal. In the late 1930s his broadcasts became increasingly anti- semitic (filled with attacks on Jews). He was eventually forced from the air because of his extreme right-wing views He was elected president in 1928, but eight months later the stock market crash of 1929 occurred, ushering in the Great Depression. His policies could not overcome the economic destruction and despair that resulted, and he lost his reelection bid in 1932. he was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which established the United Steel Workers of America and helped organize millions of other industrial workers in the 1930s. ….was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet by Franklin D. Roosevelt, ….was one of the most outspoken women in the White House. During her husband's presidency, she gave press conferences and wrote a newspaper column. After his death, she served at the United Nations, focusing on human rights and women's issues.