This president is famous for his fireside chats and his promise of a "New Deal" for the American people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
This federal act insured bank deposits to help restore confidence in the banking system
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
100
This enforced codes that regulated wages, prices, and working conditions
NRA - National Recovery Act
100
Buyers paying only part of the cost of the stock when they make the purchase and taking out a loan to pay the rest
Buying on Margin
100
This was the term for shantytowns made of cardboard boxes which housed many of the people affected by the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
200
This man was the president during the market crash of 1929.
President Hoover
200
Provided jobs for young, unmarried men between the ages of 18 and 28
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
200
Provided federal jobs to men in building and fixing roads, bridges, and other public facilities
CWA - Civil Works Administration
200
During the Roaring Twenties Americans first started using this to buy luxury items and stocks
loans and credit
200
Farmers were most affected by this event during the Great Depression which blew up dirt and created huge dust storms in the great plains states.
Dust Bowl
300
Hoover defeated this man in the 1928 election
Alfred Smith
300
This built dams to provide cheap electric power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers in the Tennesse River Valley
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
300
This loaned money to extend electricity to rural areas
REA - Rural Electrification Administration
300
------ on stock prices and using borrowed money that could not be repaid when the stock market crashed in 1929 and stock prices collapsed
Overspeculation
300
These 3 "R"s were promised by FDR, each New Deal Agency focused on one of these promises.
Relief, Recovery, & Reform
400
The group od African-American advisors that President Roosevelt surrounded himself with during the New Deal
The Black Cabinet
400
Regulated the stock market and protected investors from dishonest trading practices
SEC- Security and Exchange Commission
400
This employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports, employed artists, writers, and musicians.
WPA - Works Progress Administration
400
A government agency that is charged with causing the stock market crash. They lowered interest rates in the early 1920s so that people would take out loans and they later raised interest rates to discourage people from borrowing too much money. They also limited the amount of money that was in circulation.
Federal Reserve
400
Founder of the American Liberty League who was critical of Roosevelt and the New Deal by saying that it went to far in limiting business and industry.
Alfred E. Smith
500
This group marched on Washington during both Hoover and Roosevelt's terms, demanding this
The Bonus Army, they demanded the payment of their insurance policies
500
This paid farmers not to grow certain crops by regulating prices and production in Agriculture
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
500
This set up a system of pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and people with disabilities
SSA - Social Security Act
500
Barely legal method, used to boost stock prices, which involved a group of wealthy investors who would buy a large block of stocks and trade them back and forth
Stock Pool
500
The organization Hoover used to help stop the Depression. However this organization failed because it was too little, too late.