Unemployed World War I veterans who camped in Washington D.C. to demand early payment of military bonuses.
Bonus Army
Famous author who wrote about the Great Depression in his novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
John Steinbeck
Nickname for tent villages filled with people who lost their homes or jobs. Hint: named after President Hoover who many blamed for the Depression.
Hoovervilles
Tuesday, October 29, the day the stock market crashed
"Black Tuesday"
FDR's Secretary of Labor, the nation's first female cabinet member.
Frances Perkins
African-American female educator who served as an adviser in the Roosevelt administration.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Organized workers into unions based on industry, not skill level.
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Tariff Act of 1930 that raised tariffs on imported goods in an attempt to save U.S. businesses, but backfired making the Depression worse.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Active supporter of New Deal Programs and famous humanitarian. Hint: she was the First Lady (wife of FDR).
Eleanor Roosevelt
New York governor elected President in the 1932 election.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Radio addresses in which FDR spoke directly to the American people.
Fireside chats
Oklahoma-born folk singer who wrote songs about loss and struggle during the Great Depression.
Woody Guthrie
Strike where workers stayed in factories so they could not be replaced by new workers.
Sit-down strike
Severe, economic depression that followed the stock crash of 1929.
"Great Depression"
Work relief program that created jobs on environmental projects for single, unemployed men
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Guaranteed deposits in individual bank accounts
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Massive dust storms that devastated crops in the Great Plains and forced millions to move.
The Dust Bowl
Up-and-down pattern of business production and unemployment
Business cycle