| A | B |
| Great Depression | economic hard times from 1929-41 |
| relief | government program to help the needy |
| Public Works program | built dams, roads, |
| bonus | sum of money |
| Bonus Army | WWI jobless veterans that marched on Washington |
| fireside chats | radio speeches of FDR |
| Hundred Days | period between Mar. 9 and June 14, 1933 |
| New Deal | programs of FDR |
| FDIC | insured savings accounts in banks |
| Frances Perkins | first woman to hold Cabinet Post |
| Rural Electrification Administration | helped extend electric lines to rural areas |
| Father Charles Coughlin | radio priest |
| collective bargaining | union represents a group of workers to get a contract |
| sit down strike | workers stop working and refuse to leave |
| deficit spending | spending more than you have |
| Dust Bowl | long drought on the Great Plains |
| migrant worker | people moving in search of work |
| Brain trust | experts chosen by FDR |
| TVA | program to remake the Tennessee River valley |
| Wagner Act | guaranteed right of collective bargaining |
| Social Security Act | provided a pension for elderly and unemployment benefits |
| Relief, Recovery, Reform | goals of the New Deal |