The Great Depression
When this crashed in 1929, it caused investors to lose a lot of money.
The Stock Market
This person was President during the Great Depression and promised "a New Deal" for the American people.
This branch of government makes the laws.
The Legislative Branch
In this part of the country, slavery was legal.
The South
At the worst of the Great Depression, the United States had a 25% rate of this, meaning the percentage of people who want a job but cannot find one.
Unemployment
This New Deal program provides a check to Americans who are retired, disabled, or have lost a family member.
This branch of government includes the President.
The Executive Branch
This word means an attempt to take away human qualities, rights, or understanding.
Dehumanization
This was a cause for the Dust Bowl
Poor farming practices and drought
This was a New Deal Agency that put young, unemployed men to work on environmental and conservation projects (like in National Parks).
The Civilian Conservation Corps
This branch of government can decide if a law is Constitutional.
The Judicial Branch
This word means the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.
Resistance
This is what it was called when people bought stocks using a loan.
Buying on Credit
This is the largest New Deal agency that helped create jobs for those who needed them. It created around 9 million jobs working on bridges, roads, and buildings.
The Works Progress Administration
This document sets up the structure of our government (aka how our government works).
The Constitution
Many farmers struggled during the Great Depression because they were still producing products at the same rate they had during this major event.
World War I
The three R's the New Deal addressed.
Relief, Recovery, & Reform
This document was written to officially declare our independence from Great Britain.
(For double the points, can you name the three freedoms it promises all Americans?)
The Declaration of Independence
(Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness)
This word means the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union.
(To double your points, what part of the country did this & what did they call themselves?)
Secede
The South: The Confederacy/The Confederate States of America
This is another word for "native"
Indigenous