Causes of the Crash
When many people tried to sell their stocks at the same time, it led to this event in 1929.
The Stock Market Crash
People stood in these long lines during the Great Depression to receive free food.
Breadlines
This person became president after Hoover
FDR
These three goals guided the New Deal programs.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This group of World War I veterans marched on Washington, D.C. demanding early payment of bonuses.
The Bonus Army
This environmental disaster of the 1930s caused massive dust storms and ruined farmland in the Great Plains.
The Dust Bowl
People faced very high rates of this during The Great Depression.
Unemployment
These radio talks helped FDR explain his plans and reassure Americans.
Fireside Chats
Democrats sometimes criticized The New Deal for this reason.
The government didn't do enough
This global conflict helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression by creating jobs and boosting industry.
WWII
This is what happened when banks ran out of money and closed, causing people to lose their savings.
Bank Failures
These makeshift shantytowns were named after President Hoover.
Hoovervilles
President Hoover believed in this economic system.
Trickle Down Economics
This Louisiana politician proposed sharing wealth to help the poor and criticized FDR.
Huey Long
This cause of The Depression stemmed from a small percentage of people in the U.S. owning 40% of the nations wealth.
Unequal wealth distribution
Shantytowns were made from these materials.
Scraps, recycled products
President Hoover did not want to provide direct aid to American families due to the fear of them becoming this on the government.
Dependent
Some Americans criticized the New Deal because they believed it gave the federal government this.
Too much power
When people rushed to withdraw money from their banks it was given this name.
Bank runs
Many people turned to these political ideas because they were desperate for solutions during the Depression.
Socialism, Communism, Labor Unions, Populist Movements
Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt believed the government should provide this kind of relief to fix the economy.
Direct Relief
This New Deal program gave young men jobs working on environmental projects like planting trees.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)