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Process by which government officials return persons to their country of origin
Repatriation
Term used for the central and southern Great Plains during the 1930s, when the region suffered from drought and dust storms
Dust Bowl
October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply in the Great Crash
Black Tuesday
The act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
Speculation
shanty towns that the unemployed built in the cities during the early years of the Great Depression
Hooverville
Programs and legislation pushed by President FDR during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform
New Deal
1930 law that raised import taxes on foreign goods to protect American businesses and farmers
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Sets up a pension system for retirees, unemployment insurance, insurance for work-related accidents, and aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind, and the disabled
Social Security Administration
President FDR's plan to add six new justices to the nine-member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled some New Deal laws to be unconstitutional
Court-Packing Plan
Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. to demand early payment of this bonus
Bonus Army
Strategy taken by a central banking system to regulate the supply of money
Monetary Policy
A system for buying and selling stocks (investment) in corporations
Stock Market
Government provided to help those in need
Social Welfare
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), created to regulate the stock market and stop fraud
SEC
Displaced farm families from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl who migrated to California during the 1930s in search of jobs
Okies
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, provides government insurance for bank deposits
FDIC
Period lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the U.S. economy faltered and unemployment soared
Great Depression
Places where people waited in line for free or low priced food
Breadlines
Persistent and heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
Regulates the amount of money in circulation
Federal Reserve System