Unit 5 Great Depression Vocabulary

Attempt by Roosevelt to appoint new Supreme Court justices; to allow new deal legislation.

Established NLRB; protected the rights of most workers allowed them to organize labor unions.

Led the U.S. during the major crises of the Great Depression passing the "New Deal"

Demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin

Provided employment to young men by sending them to plant trees, build reservoirs, etc...

Shanty towns were also named Hoovervilles after people blamed the President for the Depression

Gave the President power over the banking system and checking, reorganizing or reopening banks

A system for buying and selling shares of companies

Designed to give out loans to pump money back into the economy during the early years of the Depression.

Brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, and the restoration of eroded soil.

Helped save Europe after WWI but as president failed to deal with the Great Depression.

Monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds?

Date of the worst stock-market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression.

Nickname given to radio shows that were sponsored by laundry detergent?

Group of WWI veterans who were supposed to be given a bonus for their services

Guaranteed retirement payments beginning at age 65; unemployment insurance & care for the needy

Charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America &foreign countries

Plan by President Franklin Roosevelt intended to bring economic relief, recovery, and reforms.

Provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks.

Closed all banks until government examiners could investigate their financial condition?

Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in the 1930's lasting for a decade?