| A | B |
|---|
| FDR | elected President in 1932, created New Deal |
| New Deal | plan to bring U.S. out of Great Depression |
| Hundred Days | the session of Congress during which New Deal legislation was passed |
| relief | aid to those in need |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority, built dams, controlled floods, created hydroelectricity |
| hydroelectricity | water power |
| banks | many closed during Stock Market Crash |
| Social Security Act | fund for retired workers, disabled workers, and families of workers who died |
| Hitler | came to power in Germany in 1933 |
| Debt | owed money |
| prosperity | wealth |
| stocks | ownership in a company |
| stock certificate | document showing ownership in a company |
| installment plan | paying for something over a long period of time |
| capital | money used to start companies |
| run (on a bank) | many people try to withdraw savings at the same time |
| brokerage house | place where stocks are bought and sold |
| buying on margin | purchasing stock with a small down payment |
| Hoover | President, elected 1928, blamed for the Depression |
| Republican | political party which held the Presidency duing the 1920s |
| Bonus Army | veterans who demanded promised payment for service in WW I |
| dividends | cash payout to stockholders |
| polio | virus which paralyzed FDR |
| Hoovervilles | cardboard/wooden shacks for the homeless during the Depression |
| bank holiday | 4 day period when FDR ordered banks to be checked for stability |
| fireside chats | FDR reassured Americans during this weekly radio broadcast |
| farmers | suffered greatly during the Dust Bowl |
| direct relief | money, food, clothes given to Americans in need |
| charities/churches | Hoover wanted them to help Americans in need |
| consumers | those who buy things |
| crash | severe drop in stock prices |
| Democrats | political party of FDR |
| Supreme Court | FDR wanted to add more judges to this body |
| Dust Bowl | area of U.S. which suffered from dry wind storms in the 30s |
| precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| drought | severe shortage of rain |
| grasslands | region of natural vegetation on the Great Plains |
| prairie | synonym for grasslands |
| Walt Disney | cartoonist of 30s, created Steamboat Willie |
| Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers | famous dance team, movie stars of the 30s |
| Marx Brothers | Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo |
| Fantasia | full length Disney film, symphonic backround |
| Shirley Temple | popular child star of the 30s |
| Laruel and Hardy | popular comedy team of the 30s, used slapstick in their movies |
| newsreel | moviegoers saw current events while watching these |
| Oakies/Okies | Dust Bowl migrants |
| migration | mass movement westward from the Dust Bowl |
| black blizzard | storm of earth and wind typical during the Dust Bowl |
| Wizard of Oz | musical film of 1938, starring Judy Garland |
| Jesse Owens | African American track star, won Olympic gold medal in Berlin |
| World War II | this is what finally brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression |
| Mickey Mouse | Disney cartoon character starred in Steamboat Willie |
| Soil Conservation Service | government program to help Dust Bowl farmers |
| terracing/contour plowing | new farming techniques to avoid erosion |
| bumper crop | unusually large or successful crop |
| soup kitchen | relief program, offered food to the hungry |
| Share Our Wealth clubs | 4.5 million members, joined to show support for Huey Long's ideas |
| Liberty League | opposed New Deal as a threat to free enterprise in business |
| conservation | young men in the CCC worked to protect the environment |
| Huey Long | Kingfish, believed FDR's program did not go far enough |
| John Steinbeck | author of Grapes of Wrath which was about the Dust Bowl migrants |
| Babe Ruth | famous baseball player of the 30s |
| Joe Louis | U.S. heavyweight champion, defeated German Max Schmeling, 1938 rematch |
| Frances Perkins | FDR's Secretary of Labor, first woman to serve in Cabinet position |
| Black Cabinet | African American officials who served as advisors to FDR |
