| A | B |
|---|
| Relief Program | government gives immediate help to the needy (food, clothing, shelter) |
| Public Works Administration | new Deal program that created jobs building schools, courthouses, dams, and highways (projects funded by the government for public use) |
| Collective Bargaining | process in which a union negotiates with management on behalf of workers |
| Deficit Spending | when the government spends more than they collect in taxes |
| Migrant | a person who moves about the country to find work |
| Great Depression | period of economic hard times in the United States |
| New Deal | FDR's program of Relief, Recovery, and Reform seeking to end the Great Depression |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | New Deal program that created jobs damming a river system, making cheap hydro-electricity (project that damned a river system to create power) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | wife to FDR who traveled the United States and reported back to him (FDR's eyes and ears) |
| Social Security Act | law that setup pensions for elderly and benefits for unemployed |
| Stock Market | where shares of corporations are bought and sold |
| 1929 | the year that the Great Depression began with the Stock Market Crash |
| Stock Market Crash | started the Great Depression (caused banks to also fail) |
| Speculation | investing money in hopes of making a quick profit |
| Overproduction | underlying cause of the Great Depression, leads to worker lay-offs |
| Hoovervilles | vacant lots filled with run down shacks |
| Trickle Down Economics | Hoovers plan to end the Great Depression by cutting taxes on upperclass hoping benefits will trickle down |
| Bonus Army | WWI Veterans who marched on Washington D.C. asking for government assistance |
| Polio | FDR's disability |
| 3 R's | Relief, Recovery, Reform (goals of the New Deal) |
| Priming the Pump | FDR plan to jump start the economy by putting money into the lower class |
| Bank Holiday | FDR closed all banks in 1933 to provide "relief" (made sure banks had enough funds) |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | New Deal program that insured money in banks |
| Fireside Chats | FDR weekly radio broadcast to reassure the public |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | Part of the New Deal, gave jobs in nature conservation programs |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | New Deal, paid farmers to grow smaller crops (declared unconstitutional) |
| National Recovery Act (NRA) | New Deal, set up groups to write rules for production, wages, prices, work conditions (declared unconstitutional) |
| Packing the Court | FDR plan to add Supreme Court Justices to push New Deal programs through (this failed) |
| The Depression Cycle | overproduction, worker lay-ffs, workers have no money, workers can't buy stuff |
| WWII | ended the Great Depression |
| National Debt | amount of money that the government owes |
| Buying on Margin | stock purchase where the buyer pays with credit, or only pays part of the cost |
| Immediate Cause of the Great Depression | stock market crash |
| Underlying Cause of the Great Depression | overproduction |
| Dust Bowl | severe drought that crippled farmers |
| Herbert Hoover | President who believed in "Laissez-Faire" |
| Impact of the Great Depression on Women | employers gave job preference to men |
| First 100 Days | many laws designed to fight the depression were passed |
| Popularity of Movies | helped people forget their problems |
| Common Theme in Art of this Era | hard times |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929 |
