| A | B |
|---|
| Great Depression | The longest and worst economic crisis in the nation's history |
| Dust Bowl | The country's midsection, which was plagued by drought |
| John Steinbeck | Author of The Grapes of Wrath |
| individualism | the belief in the importance of the individual |
| Dorothea Lange | the best known Depression-era photographers |
| Woody Guthrie | folk hero musician who chronicled the Depression through song |
| Richard Wright | African American writer who theorized about communism's effect on race relations |
| Norman Thomas | Leader of the Socialist party who emphasized reform rather than radical revolution |
| Scottsboro Case | Nine African American men were convicted on questionable evidence of raping two white women |
| Agricultural Marketing Act | This law established the first government agency responsible for stabilizing farm prices |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | This law established a federal bank to provide loans, supported public works and assisted relief agencies |
| Bonus Army | a group of 20,000 vets who marched on Washington, D.C. demanding the payment of WWI bonuses |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Democratic presidential candidate who defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 |
