A | B |
Franklin Roosevelt | believed the government must get involved in the economy because it was a time of emergency |
Herbert Hoover | believed if the government becomes involved in the economy it would eventually destroy our freedoms |
bank failures | resulted from too many people withdrawing their money all at once |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | song which represents the Great Depression |
bull market | when stock prices continue to rise |
soup kitchens | private charities set up to give the poor a meal |
installment buying | buying on credit |
foreclose | when creditors take possession of property |
Dust Bowl | starting in 1932 this is how you could describe the Great Plains apstures & wheat fields |
bank runs | many depositors withdrawing money at once |
shantytowns | communities of makeshift shacks |
New Deal | Roosevelts policies during the Great Depression |
farmers | the hardest hit during the Depression |
Eleanor Roosevelt | First Lady who helped bring about change for African Americans & women |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | covered people's savings in banks against loss |
hobos | unemployed Americans who wandered the country on railroads or by hitchhiking |