| A | B |
|---|
| Boulder Dam | Hoover Dam |
| Federal Home Loan Act | lowered mortgage rates for homeowners |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | $2 billion emergency funding for banks, railroads, large businesses |
| Bonus Army | Veterans marching on Washington, D.C. |
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act | A protective tariff on imports to force Americans to buy US goods |
| Black Tuesday | Stock Market Crash on Oct. 29, 1929 |
| Hoovervilles | shanty towns growing up on the edge of cities |
| Rugged Individualism | Hoover's philosophy of self-reliance and not expecting the govt to help you |
| Run on the Banks | people losing confidence and taking their money out of the banks |
| availability of easy credit | one of the main reasons for the Great Depression |
