Great Depression Vocabualry

President of the U.S. when the stock market crashed and The Great Depression began.

Gave jobs to young men between the ages of 18-25, they built roads and planted forests.

Workers built roads, parks, bridges, airports, and buildings, also hired artists.

Famous pianist, composer, and bandleader during the "swing era."

Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the depression.

Built dams to control flooding and provide electricity throughout 7 states.

Roosevelt's plan to use government programs to help the nation recover from the Depression.

Elected President in 1932 because he had a plan to pull America out of the Depression.

Severe droughts that caused strong prairie winds to pick up topsoil and spread dust everywhere.

African American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, this angered Hitler.

Atlanta native who won a Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind.

This is also known as Black Tuesday (stocks rapidly decreased, people panicked)