| A | B |
|---|
| relief | giving help to the needy |
| public works programs | government works program that hired workers to construct schools, courthouses, build dams, pave highways |
| bonus | a sum of money to be paid to veterans |
| Bonus Army | veterans who were promised a sum of money |
| fireside chat | radio broadcast by FDR |
| Brain Trust | experts and professors who helped FDR |
| New Deal | FDR's campaighn slogan and platform |
| Hundred Days | first 100 days of FDR's admininstration--many bills passed |
| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps-unemployed young men to plant trees-build bridges |
| FERA | Federal Emergency Relief Admininstration-- gave federal money to state and local agencies for the unemployed |
| Hoovervilles | shack villages where homeless lived |
| sitdown strike | workers stop work and refuse to leave the factory |
| collective bargaining | union negotiates for members |
| Frances Perkins | first female to have a Cabinet position |
| Black Tuesday | day the stock market crashed |
| Herbert Hoover | President during the beginning of the Great Depression |
| Social Security Act | set up pensions for the elderly, protection for orphans and the disabled |
| Wagner Act | protected workers from unfair labor practices |
| FDR | Presidential candidate in 1931--he won by a landslide and was President during most of the Great Depression |
| Deficit spending | government spending more than it is earning |
| The Great Depression | economic hard times from 1929-1941 |
| Hoover flag | pant pocket turned inside out --mocking Hoover |
| RFC | Program for farming set up by Hoover |
| Shirley Temple | Child star from the 1930's |
| Huey Long | opposed the New Deal |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurace Coorporation -aimed to prevent another depression |
