Alphabet Soup
This federal act insured bank deposits to help restore confidence in the banking system
FDIC
During the Roaring Twenties Americans first started using this to buy luxury items
Credit
This was the term for shantytowns made of cardboard boxes which housed many of the people affected by the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
This president is famous for his fireside chats
Roosevelt
What were the unofficial African-American advisors to President Roosevelt called?
Black Cabinet
Provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood-control projects
CCC
the four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen
Bank Holiday
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
This woman became a symbol of social justice as she was FDR's eyes and ears
Eleanor Roosevelt
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This is the theory that if money poured into the top of the economic pyramid, it would seep down to the base.
This built dams to provide cheap electric power to seven southern states; set up schools and health centers
TVA
This is investors gambling with high risk stocks in hopes of turning a quick profit.
speculation
What group was demanding to receive their pension checks from WWI
Bonus Army
These 3 "R"s were promised by FDR, each New Deal Agency focused on one of these promises.
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What political party criticized the New Deal for going too far in its attempts to reform the economy?
Republicans
This paid farmers not to grow certain crops
AAA
High protective tariffs that produced retaliatory tariffs in other countries, strangling world trade were a cause of The Great Depression. Name one such tariff
Hawley-Smoot
People who left their homes to find work in California became called this
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Roosevelt
A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI who had his own radio show where he blasted bankers, capitalism, and Jews
Rev. Coughlin
This employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports, employed artists, writers, and musicians
WPA
This is purchasing stock by borrowing part of the price from stockbrokers
Buying on margin
this person documented the Great Depression through photography. (hint: Migrant Mother)
Dorothea Lange
President Roosevelt passed this amendment to end Prohibition.
21st
The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan
Huey Long