| A | B |
|---|
| Depression | period of time with severe economic troubles |
| Stock Market | PLACE where stocks are sold |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| Interest | Percentage of $ banks pay TO customers who keep their money there |
| Overproduction | Making too much "stuff" to sell |
| Stock Market Crash date | October 29, 1929 |
| AAA | Agricultural Adjustment Act - raised crop prices |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority - built dams to create electricity |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. - insured $ in banks |
| SSA | Social Security Admin. - govt. provides $ for elderly, unemployed, blind, disable |
| SEC | Securities & Exchange Comm. - Makes businesses follow rules for selling stocks |
| FDR | Franklin Delano Roosevelt-elected pres. in 1932 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | Wife of FDR. Worked hard for women & African Americans |
| Herbert Hoover | President in 1929 when Great Depression began |
| Hoovervilles | run down "shanty" towns |
| Dust Bowl | Great Plains states struck by dust storms during Great Depression |
| Black Tuesday | Nickname for date of stock market crash |
| Soup Kitchen | Places that gave food to unemployed people |
| Fireside Chat | Weekly radio broadcast by FDR |
| GOBS | Reasons why Great Depression happened |
| The New Deal | A series of govt programs to help get out of Grt. Dep. |
| Why stock prices rise & fall | RISE when more BUYERS. FALL when more SELLERS |
| Why banks closed | Everyone tried to take out their $ at same time |
