Vocab
A town of shacks in which the homeless people lived, blamed Herbert Hoover
What is a Hooverville?
The Dust Bowl was created naturally as well as by man. Identify the causes of this natural disaster.
Overgrazing by cattle and plowing by farmers; the land also suffered a severe drought
The government paid farmers not to grow certain crops; paid farmers to plow surplus crops under the soil and destroy livestock
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
The group of veterans who marched to Washington D.C. and demanded their money right away
What is the Bonus Army?
The New Deal had three main goals, also referred to as the three R's. List and describe each one.
Relief for the jobless, Recovery for the economy, and Reform to prevent another depression
Radio speeches that FDR made while sitting beside a fire in a chair in his office; the first chat encouraged citizens to trust the banks with their money and informed them about the Bank Holiday
What are fireside chats?
April 14, 1935- The day named because the biggest dust storm in history occurred
What is Black Sunday?
Hired works for thousands of public works projects; set up by the national Industrial Recovery Act
What is the Public Works Administration?
President of 1929; blamed for the depression
Herbert Hoover
The name of the time period from March 9 to June 16, 1933 where 15 new major laws were passed
What is the Hundred Days?
The name given to the day of the stock market crash; everyone was selling their stocks and prices plunged
What is Black Tuesday?
The hearding of jack rabbits to kill them because they plagued the land
What is the rabbit drive?
Gave federal money to state and local agencies
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?
Appointed to head of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs; first African American to head a government agency
Mary McLeod Bethune
The group that disagreed with the New Deal; believed that it interfered too much with business and people's lives
What is the Liberty League?
unofficial advisors of FDR; included Robert C. Weaver and Mary McLeod Bethune
What is the Black Cabinet?
The Dust Bowl occurred in five states. Name them.
Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas
Enforced new codes; blue eagle symbol
What is the National Recovery Administration?
The father of soil conservation
Who is Hugh Bennett?
Critic who felt that older people should be given a pension of $200 a month as long as they spend it by the end of the month.
Who was Francis Townsend?
The government spent more money than it took in
What is deficit spending?
Which area was represented by black dust?
What is Kansas?
Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government; if bank failed, depositors receive their money back
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
The senator of New York who sponsored the act that protected American workers from unfair management practices and guaranteed them the right of collective bargaining
Robert Wagner
Senator of Louisiana whose motto was "Share Our Wealth"; believed that the New Deal favored the rich over the poor; claimed that the rich should be taxed more
Who is Huey Long?