Great Depression Review

Name given to places charities provided food for the poor.

Name given to the October day in 1929 when the stock market crashed.

Shacks people built, often with cardboard, in public parks to live in.

The act of risking money for possible profit.

Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a_________ if elected.

President when the Depression began and didn't do enough to help the poor.

A storm with very strong wind, but little rain.

As part of the New Deal, to get people working, Roosevelt set up

Name given to the 1930's

Successful, flourishing, or thriving conditions. (Good Fortunes)

Any service or program offered by the government to help people in need.

Built roads, planted forests, worked on irrigation, and national parks.

Most popular Big Band leader of the "Swing Era."

A payment made to the bank on a loan for a house.

Sustained down turn in economic activity.

Georgia author who wrote "Gone with the Wind."

A place such as a bank or credit union that provides loans or financial services.

Sudden dramatic decline of stock prices.

The most popular track and field athlete in the 1930's

A payment made to a bank.