| A | B |
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| Hawley-Smoot Tariff | A tariff passed to help American manufacturers sell more products |
| Jobless Americans | Too many workers and not enough jobs |
| Overspeculation | Buying too much stock with borrowed money |
| Dust Bowl | Rich farm topsoil was blown away in this region |
| Banks | They failed because farmers and businesses could not pay back loans |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | His plan for pulling the U.S. out of the depression was called "New Deal" |
| Overproduction | A problem faced by farmers and businesses |
| Bread lines and soup kitchens | They kept thousands of Americans from starving |
| "Black Thursday" | The day the stock market crashed |
| "Hoovervilles" | Housing named for Hoover because they blamed him for the hard times |
| Great Depression | A time of hardship |
| Rugged Individualism | Idea of Hoover's that people could help themselves |
| Bonus Army | They camped in Washington D.C. to collect their bonus from World War I |
| John Steinbeck | He wrote "Grapes of Wrath" about the hard times of The Great Depression |
| Poverty | Living without having enough money for food, homes, and clothing |
| Stock Market | A place where people buy and sell stocks |
| Herbert Hoover | Many Americans blamed him for the depression |
| Public Works Projects | Government projects that will give jobs to many people |
| Works Progress Administration | Gave people jobs by starting building projects such as schools |
| "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" | FDR'S way of telling Americans to set aside their fear of the depression |
| Social Security Act | Put money aside for people who can no longer earn money for themselves |
| Wagner Act | Let the union work for more money and shorter hours for all union members |
| National Bank Holiday | Government closed all banks. They could open again when they met all government rules |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Put the government into the land development business |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | Made jobs for young people |
| New Deal | FDR'S plan of action to give poor Americans the chance to start over again |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | Government slowed down food production |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | She traveled around the U.S. talking to the poor, young, old, and blacks |
