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| Dates of the Great Depression | October 29, 1929-December 7, 1941 |
| President when the depression begins | Herbert Hoover |
| Black Tuesday | Name given to the day that the stock market crashed |
| Causes of the Great Depression: | 1-overproduction, 2-overspeculation 3-protective tariffs, 4-unequal distribution of wealth |
| Blame it on Hoover | people blamed President Hoover for their suffering during the depression |
| Dust Bowl | terrible drought in America's bread basket |
| Oakies | People that left Oklahoma to find jobs and to escape the Dust Bowl |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) | President that replaced Hoover |
| New Deal | FDR's program to bring relief from the Great Depression |
| FDR's 3 R's | relief, recovery, and reform |
| alphabet soup programs | name given to the New Deal progams |
| Tennessee Valley Administration (TVA) | stopped flooding in the Tennessee Valley and also produced hydroelectricity |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | Provided work for men and women-artists, musicians, writers-also built bridges, roads, airports |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | Single young men ages 18-25-cleared land, surveyed, built national parks |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) | paid farmers not to plant |
| Social Security Administration (SSA) | retirement insurance, disability payments, aide for widowed and children |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | Protected bank deposits |
| Bonus Army | WWI veterans marched on Washington in hopes of getting their promised pay early |
| Francis Perkins | FDR appointed her to be his Sec. of Labor-1st woman to serve on a president's cabinet |
| Black Cabinet | FDR appointed this cabinet to help him identify the needs of black America |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | She served as FDR's "feet" during the depression and WWII |
| Huey Long | La. governor who planned to run against FDR for president |
| Slogans for Huey Long | "Every man a king" and "A chicken in every pot" |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | protected bank accounts |
| fireside chats | FDR spoke to the nation via the radio-tried to calm the fears of the people |
| Brain Trust | FDR asked the smartest people for assistance in creating his Alphabet Soup programs |
