FDR's First Inaugural Address True or False

1. The decade before the stock market crash was one of significant cultural and economic development for the United States. Which of the following is not a phrase used to describe this period? -> Roaring Twenties
2. As the Great Depression forced more and more people out of their homes, shantytowns began popping up in cities across the United States, including right in the middle of Central Park. What was the name given to these set-ups? -> Hoovervilles
3. What was the term used to cover the many different progressive programs created by Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression? -> Progressive Programs
4. In what state did Roosevelt cut his political teeth in the state senate and later as governor? -> New Jersey
5. During the Great Recession, the largest economic downturn since the big one, unemployment rates peaked at 10 percent. What were the rates like in the depths of the Great Depression, right when President Roosevelt took office? -> 15 percent

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