Great Depression New Deal Vocab Quiz

term used to describe makeshift shantytowns set up by homeless people during the Great Depression

pension system for those over 65, provides unemployment insurance, aid for the disabled.

In 1933, FDR ordered all banks closed until they could be certified by govt inspectors

when costumers withdraw their deposits from a bank over fears of a bank shutting down

taking possession of someone's property when the person fails to pay their loans to the mortgage company

taxes put on imports to try and help American businesses during the Great Depression

WWI Veterans who marched to DC to demand early payment of a bonus promised to them by congress

Practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of obtaining large profits

term used for the central southern Great Plains during the 1930's, when the region suffered from drought and dust storms

10/29/29, when stock prices fell and it became obvious the economy was declining. AKA - Black Tuesday

The production of more of a product that is wanted or needed, causing prices to drop

process by which govt officials return persons of their country of origin

Key new deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects

Govt agency created during the New Deal to build dams in the Tennessee are to help with flood and generate electricity

new deal program that provided young men with relief jobs doing environmental conservation projects throughout US

Government Agency created by FDR that insures bank deposits, and insures peoples money in banks

law that placed national banks under the control of a federal reserve board, that hold funds for banks

an agency created in 1934 to protect investors and maintain fair securities markets (regulates stock market)

radio broadcasts given by FDR where he explained his views of the GD, New Deal Programs, and WWII to the public.

FDRs plan to add 6 new supreme court justices after they had ruled some of his laws unconstitutional