Vocab
The sale of a house or farm to cover unpaid debts.
President during the stock market crash of 1929.
Herbert Hoover
His political party
Democratic
The stock market crash of this year is unofficially recognized as one of the main contributors to The Great Depression.
1929
Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of first lady forever by being more outgoing after her husband's diagnosis with which disease?
Polio
Aid in the form of money or necessities for people who are poor, elderly, disabled, or unemployed.
Welfare
Only President to serve more than two terms in office as President.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
His wife's name.
Eleanor
The Presidential election of this year would lead to the first Democratic win in over a decade, and four straight FDR Presidential victories.
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt's three R's were...
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Financial failure caused by a company's inability to pay its debts.
Bankruptcy
John Steinbeck
His radio talks with the American people.
Fireside chats
Retirement, unemployment, disability and other taxes were all brought forth by this act in 1935.
The Social Security Act
Which branch of government tried to prevent many New Deal policies, as they claimed them to be "unconstitutional?"
Judicial Branch
Tax that removes money directly from workers' paychecks.
Payroll tax
Democratic Senator from Louisiana who wanted to tax the wealthy to end the Great Depression immediately.
Huey Long
The number of Presidential elections he won.
4
From 1933 to 1940 extreme drought and famine led to this event across the Great Plains states.
The Dust Bowl
While the Great Depression was wreaking havoc in America, the Weimar Republic was in disarray in this country.
Germany
A situation in which the government spends more money than it receives in taxes.
Deficit (Deficit spending)
Catholic priest from Michigan who used the radio and called on the government to take over all banks to stop the Great Depression.
Charles Coughlin
The part of government that he was accused of "packing."
Judicial (Supreme Court)
In 1936 United Auto Workers organized a stay in the factories but stopped production through...
Sit-down strikes
Groups of dwellings for the homeless during the Great Depression were often referred to as...
Hoovervilles