| A | B |
|---|
| Franklin Roosevelt | believed the government must get involved in the economy because it was a time of emergency |
| Herbert Hoover | believed if the government becomes involved in the economy it would eventually destroy our freedoms |
| part of the New Deal Coaltion | racial minorities, liberal farm groups & intellectuals |
| Lone Ranger | popular radio show which served as an escape during the Depression |
| bank failures | resulted from too many people withdrawing their money all at once |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | song which represents the Great Depression |
| bull market | when stock prices continue to rise |
| soup kitchens | private charities set up to give the poor a meal |
| installment buying | buying on credit |
| foreclose | when creditors take possession of property |
| margin call | brokers can issue these in order to protect loans made by stockbrokers to investors |
| Dust Bowl | starting in 1932 this is how you could describe the Great Plains apstures & wheat fields |
| relief | Hoover believed that only state & city governments should dole this out |
| bank runs | many depositors withdrawing money at once |
| shantytowns | communities of makeshift shacks |
| New Deal | Roosevelts policies during the Great Depression |
| farmers | the hardest hit during the Depression |
| Schechter v. U.S. | Supreme Court case that struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | First Lady who helped bring about change for African Americans & women |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | covered people's savings in banks against loss |
| Huey Long | Louisiana Senator who championed the downtrodden but built a powerful & corrupt political machine |
| hobos | unemployed Americans who wandered the country on railroads or by hitchhiking |
