The Great Depression
This event took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost a lot of money
What is the Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
A severe drought that withered crops as well as brought terrible sand storms
What is The Dust Bowl
This is the agency which helped stop the flooding and brought back electrical power in Tennessee
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up
Who is Herbert Hoover
What were the 3 R's of FDR's reform policy?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Farm lands in this part of the country were destroyed by drought during the Great Depression
What is The Midwest
This Agency paid farmers NOT to grow their crops in order to raise the price of crops. This doubled the prices of Crops during the Great Depression
What is Agriculture Adjustment Administration(AAA)
New idea/invention of the 1920s that enabled people to spend money they did not have.
What is credit
Places people went to get food if they couldn't afford any
Soup Kitchens
Villages made up of scrap metal and old wood that the poor and needy lived in
Hoovervilles
What was the name of his radio broadcasts where he spoke to all America like they were simply his friends
What are Fireside Chats
This group of World War 1 veterans marched on Washington DC demanding the money they were promised. Hoover turned them away
What is The Bonus Army
This agency built public airports, sewers, roads, schools, bridges, and many buildings. It spent over 10.5 Billion dollars and employed 3.8 Million men.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The location(s) many Americans rush to right away on Black Tuesday or in the couple of days after
What are banks
FDR is the only president to serve for this long
3 terms (12 years)
What percentage of American adults were unemployed?
25%
This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills to help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)