Great Depression Vocabulary

A governmental agency designed to bring jobs and electricity to rural areas of the Tennessee River Valley.

The rhythm in which an economy expands and contracts it’s production

October 29, 1929, One of the largest United States stock market drops

A group of World War One veterans that demanded their bonus payments early.

An area of the United States that suffered a severe drought during the 1930’s.

A severe economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of the 1930’s

A law that instituted the pension plan Social Security.

Farmers forced to sell their farms and travel from farm to farm to pick fruit and other crops at starvation wages.

FDR's legislative plan to end the Great Depression that included dramatic reforms of government agencies and powers.

(A person or organization) declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts.

Programs created during the New Deal that focused on Relief, Recovery and Reform for Americans

In his first _____________ days, FDR made a bank holiday and closed the banks.

32nd President of the United States. He was responsible for the new deal.

The process of purchasing stocks with credit, hoping to sell at a high enough price to pay the loan and make a profit.

Radio programs in which Franklin Roosevelt explained his plan for recovery from the Great Depression.