Dust Bowl

Part of the United States that suffered sever dust storms during the Great

Depression

Black Tuesday

October 29, 1929; The day of the stock market crash where billions of

dollars were lost

Bank Runs

As the stock market crashed and banks

suffered, people “ran” to get their money

New Deal Hooverville Relief

FDR’s plan to end the Great Depression;

Included the 3 R’s to fix the economy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President during the Depression and WWII; Created the New Deal

Herbert Hoover

President at the beginning of the

Depression; Believed in “rugged individualism”

Place where homeless people lived during the

Depression; Shantytowns

Bread line

A way that people affected by the

Depression received food from charities

Hoover Dam

A public works project created by President

Hoover

One of the 3 R’s of the New Deal; Created to

help people get money/charity

Recovery

Reform

One of the 3 R’s of the New Deal; Created to provide jobs and start the flow of

consumer demand

One of the 3 R’s of the New Deal; Created to fix

permanent problems with the economy

Works Progress Administration

New Deal Program that gave jobs to create public

works and to artists (actors, writers, etc.)

Social Security Act

New Deal law created to provide assistance to the

elderly

Securities & Exchange Commission

New Deal program created to fix problems

with the stock market/investment

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Bonus Army

New Deal Program created to protect

peoples’ deposits in banks

Tennessee Valley Authority

New Deal program created to provide

services to rural areas (e.g., electricity)

Civilian Conservation Corps

New Deal program created to provide people with jobs

and promote environmental conservation

Group of WWI veterans who protested because they were not given their promised payments

Fireside Chat

Radio broadcasts by FDR; Used to inform citizens about the state of the

economy