STAAR UNIT 7: Great Depression

American author who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" and other stories set in the Depression

New Deal agency established to provide a public watchdog against deception and fraud in trading stocks (SEC)

The government agency that insures customer deposits if a bank fails, up to 250,000 dollars (FDIC)

Provided a pension for retired workers and their spouses and aided people with disabilities

An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit

A leading component to the start of the Great Depression due to corruption and speculation 

The economic crisis beginning with the Stock Market Crash in 1929

Widely criticized for exacerbating the economic downturn, leading to bank failures, deflation, and sharp drop of jobs.

Depression shantytowns, named after the President whom many blamed for their financial distress

FDR tried to add more members to the Supreme Court in order to pass his programs.

FDR's wife and New Deal supporter

A series of reforms enacted by the FDR administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression

Amendments: abolished the Prohibition of Alcohol in the United States (Taxes)

32nd U.S. President that began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression

American photographer who recorded the Great Depression by taking pictures of the unemployed and rural poor

Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work.

Forced migration of approximately one 1 million Mexicans and Mexican Americans to Mexico.

Informal talks given by FDR over the radio at the White House with the goal of gaining confidence of the American people

Agency established in 1932 to provide emergency relief to large businesses, insurance companies, and banks