T
A place where shares in a company are bought and sold through an organized system
Stock exchange
Relied heavily on advice from a group of advisors
Brain Trust
Great Plains suffered environmental diaster. Dust covered plains.
Dust Bowl
Aimed to organize entire industries, not just workers of a certain craft
CIO (Congress of Industrial Organization)
to fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one
Default
Raised the price of goods purchased from other countries
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Helped banks get reorganized.
Those that passed government inspection could then reopen. The goal was to assure people they could trust their bank. After a week in office, Roosevelt was able to tell Americans in a radio broadcast that "it is safer to keep your money in a . . . bank than under the mattress."
Emergency Banking Relief
Based on John Stein beck's novel about Dust Bowl immigrants
The Grapes of Wrath
This banned child labor and a set of minum wage of 40 cents per hour
The goal of the _____ was to boost the economy by helping business regulate itself.
Roosevelt called this "the most important and far-reaching legislation" ever passed in the United States.
NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)
"Stock market crash that started the Great Depression"
Black Thursday
Over the next 10 years, the ____ employed about 3 million young people. ______ workers toiled on projects that helped the public, including planting trees to reforest areas, building levees for flood control, and improving national parks.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Crops)
A total paid normally to a person, usually after retirement
Pension
Governor of Louisiana, he used public works project.He won election to the Senate in 1930—and later set his sights on national office.____ "Share Our Wealth Plan" called for taxing the rich heavily. _____ wanted to use that money to give every American a home and $2,500 a year. _____ plans appealed to the poor. Polls showed that in 1936 he might receive as many as 4 million votes on a third-party ticket. In 1935, however, an assassin killed him.
Huey Long
Sarcastic reference to President Hoover
Hoovervilles
When the Great Depression hit, jobless veterans asked to receive their bonuses. 1932 they formed the.....
Bonus Army
The act aimed to raise farm prices quickly. It also sought to control production so that farm prices would stay up over the long term.In the _____ first year, farmers grew more food than they could sell. The excess of crops drove prices down, hurting farmers. The _____ paid farmers to destroy crops, milk, and livestock.
It shocked many Americans to encourage the throwing away of good food when millions of people were going hungry. However, New Dealers claimed the action was necessary to bring up prices.
To control production and farm prices, the ____ paid farmers not to use some of their land. If market prices of key farm products fell below a certain level, the ______ would pay farmers or payments, to make up the difference. In the first three years of the New Deal, farmers' incomes rose by about 50 percent. In 1936, however, the Supreme Court ruled that the _____ was unconstitutional. The case that produced this ruling was United States v. Butler.
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
Payments by the government for a limited period of time to people who have lost their jobs
Unemployment Insurance
showed people coping with hard times. It was set during the Civil War.
Gone with the Wind
The ____ built dams along the Tennessee and other rivers. These dams helped control the terrible floods so common to the region. The dams also used the power of flowing water to generate electricity. As a result, thousands of farms and homes get electricity for the first time.
Some critics charged that funds for the ___ should be used to support nationwide programs rather than a regional one. Power companies also attacked the program as unfair and socialistic. When the spring rains came in 1937, however, the system worked. Dams helped stop flooding. In the end, most observers agreed that the ____ was a great success.
TVA (Tennessee Valley region.)
The _____ aimed to promote the economic well-being of the _____ region. The _____ built dams along the Tennessee and other rivers. These dams helped control the terrible floods so common to the region. The dams also used the power of flowing water to generate electricity. As a result, thousands of farms and homes get electricity for the first time.
Some critics charged that funds for the _____ should be used to support nationwide programs rather than a regional one. Power companies also attacked the program as unfair and socialistic. When the spring rains came in 1937, however, the system worked. Dams helped stop flooding. In the end, most observers agreed that the ____ was a great success.
TVA (Tennesee Valley Authority)
represented mostly skilled workers organized by craft
AFL (American Federation of Labor)
a political philosophy that stresses the glory of the state over the individual and that favors dictatorship
Fascism