FDR & the Great Depression

New Deal Agencies

100

This agency protected your bank deposits up to $5,000

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

200

This agency regulated the stock market and protected trading

Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC)

300

Allowed for the building of dams to provide hydroelectricity across the TN Valley

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

400

This agency gave Dorthea Lange a job as a photographer during the Dust Bowl

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

500

This agency was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because it gave the President too much control of finances

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Dust Bowl

100

Region of the United States hit hardest by the Dust Bowl

Great Plains

200

Wrote The Grapes of Wrath to document the life of migrant workers during the Dust Bowl

John Steinbeck

300

Job done by members of the CCC to create a windbreak for the Great Plains

Planting trees

400

The state many Americans migrated too to escape the Dust Bowl during the 1930s

California

500

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Nickname for people who fled the Great Plains area in search of better work during the Dust Bowl

Oakies

FDR as President

100

FDR's 3 goals to end the Great Depression

Relief, Recovery, Reform

200

First woman to be brought into a presidential cabinet 

Francis Perkins

300

Used by FDR to build trust between him and the American people at the start of his presidency

Fireside Chats

400

Changed the presidential inauguration date from March 4 to January 20

20th Amendment

500

A fear of many Americans as FDR began creating his New Deal agencies 

Expansion of presidential power

Life in the Depression

100

Make shift communities where people were forced to live as a result of homelessness

Hoovervilles

200

Group of people who voted Democrat for the first time ever in the Election of 1936

African Americans

300

FDR made a move away from this political strategy by being very involved in the life of the citizens

Laissez Faire

400

The very first step of FDR's New Deal program to fix the issues of American banks

Closed the banks

500

Provided thousands of jobs to young men during the depression and was focused on conservation

Civilian Conservation Corps

Hoover vs. FDR

100

Hoover's economic strategy for providing financial assistance at the start of the Depression

Trickle Down Economics

200

FDR's attempt to control all 3 branches of government

The Court Packing Plan

300

Hoover's preferred method for dealing with the Great Depression that pushed Americans to provide for themselves

Rugged Individualism

400

FDR's method for paying for the New Deal Agencies started in the 1930s

Keynesian Economics

-Spend money to make money-

500

The 20th Amendment took power away from Hoover after he lost the election of 1932 thus making him a _____ president

Lame Duck