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Dust Bowl | region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s |
Hoovervilles | shanty town built by homeless men during the Great Depression. They |
Oakies | derogatory name for people from the Dust Bowl Region |
Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Set up by Hoover to lend funds to banks, railroads, and insurance |
Bonus Army | WWI Veterans that camped in D.C. wanting benefits, looked upon as Communist by Hoover |
The New Deal | FDR's program to "fix" the Great Depression |
Fireside Chats | Weekly radio conversations by FDR to the American public |
American Liberty League | Big Business, DuPont, set up to defend the Constitution! Against NLRB and NIRA |
Huey Long | Share the Wealth |
Court Packing | FDR's plan in order fill the Supreme Court with judges who shared his views |
Hindenburg | Zepplin that caught fire in New York during a routine trip over the Atlantic. |
March of Dimes | Founded by FDR after he contracted polio |