Great Depression

Period of time beginning in 1929 and lasting through the 1930s where people lost jobs and didn’t have enough food; the economy took a downfall

• The Great Depression

• The Great Recession

• The New Deal

President (Republican) during the 1929 stock market crash.  Believed cities, states, and banks should try to lead in the recovery before the federal government because the fear of a growing national debt. Did little to improve the economy

• President Herbert Hoover

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• The New Deal

shantytowns, communities of makeshift shacks on unused or public land nicknamed after President Herbert Hoover

• Hoovervilles

• Rooseveltvilles

• margin call

helped Americans recover from the Depression

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• President Herbert Hoover

• Dust Bowl

Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression

• New Deal

• Real Deal

• Square Deal

Direct talks FDR held with the American people to let them know his plan

• Fireside Chats

• IG Chat

• Radio Talks

What was the greatest impact of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• people died due to dust inhalation

• farms were lost to the banks due to crops being destroyed

• homes were destroyed during dust storms

What New Deal program restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to grow less crops

• AAA
• CCC
• REA
• SSA

What was created to protect bank deposits up to $5,000?

• WPA
• CCC
• TVA
• FDIC

New Deal program tasked with providing electricity to the people through dams and other means.

• Works Progress Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Tennessee Valley Electrical Organization
• Civilian Conservation Corps