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| Herbet Hoover | President who did very little to help the American economy and people during the Great Depression |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President who gave Americans hpe when he proposed his federal programs to help get America out of the Depression |
| Dust Bowl | term used to describe the time when a portion of the Great Plains went through a severe draught |
| Hoovervilles | shanty towns built by the homeless during the Great Depression |
| Federal Housing Administration | improved housing standards and provided low cost mortgages |
| hundred days | Early in his administration, FDR pushed many programs through Congress in the period |
| New Deal | FDR's broad program to spur economic recovery and provide relief for Americans |
| Social Security System | Funded throug hcontributions from employers and workers, to established pension programs, disability payments and unemployment benefits |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | provided new jobs, cheap electric power, flood control, and recreation for its region |
| Bonus Army | World War I veterans marched to Washington D.C. to demand their checks |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | reshaped the role of the first lady, promoted her husbands social reforms |
| Public Works Administration | government funded projects to build public facilities |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | isured bank deposits |
| rise in homelessness mainly resulted from | laid off workers losing their homes |
| Eleanor Roosevelt helped the President by | actively and aggressively promoting her the New Deal |
| FDR aroused the most opposition when he | attempted to "pack" the Supreme Court |
| Nation debt | the total amount of borrowed money that the federal government has yet to repay |
| revenue | wealth or income |
| American Liberty League | A group that spearheaded much of the opposition to the New Deal |
| Second New Deal | wave of legislation including more social welfare benefits |
| FDR's "Brain trust" | an informal group of intellectuals who helped devise New Deal policies |
| FDR cut back on expensive relief programs in 1937 | he was worried about the rising national debt |
