Chapter 26 Great Depression

Area where severe drought and overplowing ruined the land

What event ultimately ended the Great Depression"?

Law passed in 1935 that strengthened labor unions

How did the Depression effect children?

Name given to FDR's programs to help the depression

What party did African Americans begin to support after the Great Depression?

Program established to protect the nation's elderly

Famous highway that connected Chicago to Los Angeles

Name given to the day the stock market crashed

Closing the banks until they had enough money to reopen

Person who favors government action to bring social and economic change

Using borrowed money to fund government programs

Agency set up to oversee the function stock market

What party usually loses Congressional seats during nonpresidential years?

First lady that served as the eyes and ears for FDR

series of radio talks given by FDR to the American people

Places set up to feed the needy

Buying stocks on the hopes of making a profit

What did FDR increase?

What did people who couldn't pay their bills lose?

Conservative President that chose not to involve the government in fixing the economy

Name given to the time period between 1929 and WWII

What did some conservatives criticize the New Deal?

Photographer hired to document the Great Depression

Why were banks rapidly running out of money after the stock market crashed?

What were the 3 main goals of FDR's New Deal?

Person who favors government controls and more individual freedom

What were many of the books and movies about during that time?