| A | B |
|---|
| Herbert Hoover | President when the stock market crashed. |
| New Deal | Program of FDR based on relief recovery and reform. |
| Fireside chats | weekly talks on the radio given by FDR to restore confidence in the economy. |
| CCC | Program which hired young men to work on conservatiion projects. |
| AAA | Program which paid farmerssubsities not to grow certain crops. |
| Huey Long | Louisiana Senator who wanted a "Share the Wealth" program. |
| Social Security Act | Provided pensions for retired workers. |
| TVA | Regional planning project which worked to control flooding in the southeast. |
| WPA | Program that put the unemployed to work building schools and hospitals. |
| Dust Bowl | Region in the central U.S.hit by severe drought and wind storms. |
| Hoovervilles | Shantytowns where the homeless and unemployed lived. |
| Overproduction | A cause of the Great Depression. |
| Deficit Spending | Occurs when the government spends more than it takes in. |
| FDIC | Insures bank accounts up to 100,000 for each depositor. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | Guarantees a minimum wage and maximum work week. |
| Oakies | People from who left Oklahoma to look for work in California. |
