Vocabulary
The shanty, shack, homeless villages of unemployed individuals
Hoovervilles
The U.S. President at the beginning of the Depression whose laissez faire approach was not affective.
Herbert Hoover
Constructing roads, buildings, and bridges
WPA or PWA
Buying on margin led to this event which is often seen as the cause of the Depression.
The Stock Market of 1929
FDR made a huge blunder by attempting to add more Supreme Court justices after they began dismantling the New Deal called ____________
Court Packing
WW1 veterans who demanded Congress pay them a financial benefit sooner. Their camp was destroyed by the U.S. Army
The Bonus Army
The U.S. President who won a landslide victory by promising that the government will do more to help.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Clearing forests, making trails, creating parks
CCC
This is a term of when a mob trying to withdrawal their deposits leads to the collapse of the insitutition.
A bank run
FDR's "Three R's" of the New Deal were ____________
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
The radio broadcasts of FDR to explain the New Deal and help restore confidence in the American people.
Fireside chats
The first lady who redefined the position by being active, advocating for the poor, and acting as FDR's "eyes and ears."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Old age retirement pension
Social Security (SSA)
African-American support of FDR began their political transition to this political party?
The Democratic Party
Americans tried to escape the bleakness of the Depression by _______________ (multiple acceptable answers)
Going to the movies, reading novels, going to dances, listening to music, fads, playing board games, etc.
The "Brain Trust"
Known as the "Kingfish," this critic of FDR argued the New Deal did not go far enough. He advocated for taxing the rich and "sharing the wealth." He was assassinated.
Sen. Huey Long
Protecting bank deposits
FDIC
Overproduction on farms, drought, and high winds led to this environmental disaster across the Great Plains.
The Dust Bowl
FDR hired African-Americans like Mary McLeod Bethune to advise him on race relations were nicknamed ______________. Although, FDR did little to dismantle segregation,
The "Black Cabinet"
When the government increases debt to pay for programs and policies.
Deficit Spending
This folk singer traveled the country writing songs about migrants and the homeless. His famous songs include "This Land is Your Land" and "You are My Sunshine."
Woody Guthrie
Creating electricity for rural areas
TVA or REA
Despite the New Deal restoring confidence in the American government, it wasn't until this event that the Depression truly came to an end.
World War II
The "Migrant Mother" photo and the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" depict the lives of families called ____________ who head to California looking for work
"Okies"