Miscellaneous
This soared to 25% during the Great Depression.
Unemployment
This agency is in charge of the pension program for the elderly and disabled.
SSA (Social Security Administration)
On October 29, 1929 the Stock Market saw a mass exchanging of stocks and the day was named this.
Black Tuesday
This president called his plan to aid Americans in the depression the New Deal.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
F.D.R served this many terms in office as President.
Four terms
This was a long line of people waiting for free food because they could not afford their own.
Bread Lines
This agency provided work for unemployed young men in conservation projects.
CCC (Civillian Conservation Corps)
This poor farming practice caused soil erosion in fields and helped cause the Dust Bowl.
F.D.R. declared this in 1933 to suspend all banking activities in the United States.
Bank Holiday
Fireside Chats
Californians called people fleeing the dust bowl this term.
Okies
This agency provided employment to people, including artists, on public works projects.
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
This weather condition helped cause the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
Drought
This was a pension system created to help the elderly and disabled Americans
Social Security
Hoovervilles
This event is often considered the end of the Great Depression.
Pearl Harbor, U.S. entering WWII
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
This term describes the panicked withdrawal of money from banks by a large number of people.
Bank Run
These are the "three R's" of the New Deal.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
A whole lotta nothing.
This piece of classic literature follows Tom Joad a man fleeing the dust bowl during the Great Depression.
The Grapes of Wrath
This agency protects the savings of people if the bank they deposited money in goes bankrupt.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Poor loan practices and Bank Runs caused banks to go into bankruptcy and face this.
Bank Failure
Polio