People
Proposed a "New Deal" for the American people to get them back to work.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR).
Event that occurred on October 29, 1929?
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
What is the banking holiday.
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers.
Known as the "Do- Nothing" President.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
High winds and drought hit the country's Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl
This political group thought the New Deal went too far.
Who are the conservatives.
This ensures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation).
This was as high as 33% in America during the Great Depression.
What is unemployment.
A famous muckraker and author of "The Jungle".
Who is Upton Sinclair.
The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
This group was created by business leaders in protest of the New Deal.
What is the American Liberty League.
This agency was created to provide economic assistance to retirees, unemployment insurance, and health insurance.
What is the SSA (Social Security Administration).
This person documented the Great Depression through photography. (Hint: the Migrant Mother).
Who is Dorothea Lange.
Author of "The Grapes of Wrath" which depicts the reality of the Great Depression.
Who is John Steinbeck.
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised bonus.
What is the Bonus Army.
This person said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself".
Who is FDR.
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration).
What were the three parts to the New Deal Legislation? (Hint: the 3 R's).
What is Relief, Recovery, Reform.
Term used to describe those who migrated during the Dust Bowl.
Who are "Okies".
Americans waiting in line to receive food during the Depression.
What is a breadline.
All of FDR's programs that dealt with the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal.
This helped establish a minimum wage, set working hour limits, and allowed for unions to bargain collectively. Later, it was declared unconstitutional.
What is the NRA (National Recovery Act).
Timeline of the Dust Bowl.
What is 1930-1939.