| A | B |
|---|
| Black Tuesday | Stock market crash 10/29/29 |
| Dow Jones | Gauged the stock markets health |
| Herbert Hoover | President at start of Depression; did little to help |
| New Deal | FDR'S plan to help problems of Depression |
| WPA | Workers Progress Admin.- program to help youths and professionals work |
| Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck novel; dust bowl migrants |
| Securites Exchange Commission | Regulated the stock market and investments |
| Great Depression | 1929-1940 Horrible Economy; unemployment |
| Dust Bowl | Dust storms; drought; 1930's; can't farm |
| Bonus Army | Veterans demanded their pay for fighting |
| CCC | Put people to work; gave millions jobs building and planting; Civilian Conservation Corp |
| Wagner Act | Protected workers rights |
| Orson Welles | Writer; director; producer; War of the Worlds |
| Speculation | Buying stocks for potential gains, risky |
| Shanty Town | Towns made of shacks |
| Franklin Roosevelt | FDR; President; helped economy |
| Glass-Steagall Act | Established the FDIC to secure banks |
| Social Security Act | Old age insurance; aid to disabled; unemployment |
| TVA | Program to create power stations and jobs |
| FDIC | Regulated banking |
