Great Depression Vocabulary

October 29th, 1929; this was the day the millions attempted to sell their stocks and the stock market crashed.

• Black Friday

• Crash Tuesday

• Black Tuesday

• Black Thursday

These people were refugees of the Dust Bowl who headed west for new opportunities.

• Okies

• Dusties

• Oklahomans

• Kanzis

This was President Hoover's last attempt to resolve the issues of the Great Depression through Trickle Down Economics.

• Reconstruction Food Community

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation

• Rebuilding Finance Corporation

• Recovery Finance Community

This was President Roosevelt idea to establish government funded programs, organizations and laws to attack the Great Depression.

• New Deal

• Square Deal

• Government Deal

• Roosevelt's Deal

Small poor communities made up of makeshift shacks build on public lands.

• Scrap Towns

• Shackvilles

• Rooseveltvilles

• Hoovervilles

Which of the following best describes the Dust Bowl?

• Sandstorms in the desert that only impacted desert communities.

• The combination of drought, over farming, and natural disasters caused large dust storms to impact many communities in the midwest.

• People sold many bowls full of dust to make money during the Depression.

Hoover's first attempt to resolve the issues of the Depression through raising taxes on foreign products.

• Hoover Tarrif

• Hawley-Smoot Tarrif

• FDR Tarrif

• Great Depression Tarrif

The idea that the wealthy and local governments are responsible for distributing the wealth in America.

• Social Darwinism

• Distributionism

• Volunteerism/Localism

• Federalism

The New Deal program created jobs such as building bridges, dams, government buildings, etc to give people jobs.

• Rural Electrification Act

• Federal Relief Act

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Public Works Administration

New Deal program meant to raise crop prices and end over production on farms.

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Corps.

• National Recovery Administration