Buying something by agreeing to pay for it later
credit
The New Deal had three goals; _________ , recover, and reform.
Relief
Who was the African American big band leader and composer in the 1930s?
Duke Ellington
Which New Deal program provided monthly payments to the elderly and people with disabilities?
Social Security
What finally brought the US out of the Great Depression?
the start of World War 2
What something is worth
value
This New Deal program put people to work building roads and bridges and highways.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This New Deal program put people to work building dams along rivers to provide electricity to rural southern areas
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Places where people lived in tents and shacks because they had lost everything in the Great Depression.
Shantytowns or "Hoovervilles"
The money that is left over after all costs of business have been paid
profit
When everyone goes to withdraw their money from the bank at the same time, causing the bank to fail.
Bank Run
Money that is owed
debt
Who was the African American track star that won lots of gold medals at the Olympics in Germany in the 1930s?
Jesse Owens
A downturn in the economy
recession
Who was the author that wrote the novel Gone With the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell
The place where stocks are bought and sold
stock market
What was the name given to the Great Plains region that suffered from little rain and strong winds in the 1930s
the Dust Bowl
The CCC was part of FDR's New Deal to get America back to work. What type of work did they do?
Plant trees in national parks
A really long lasting and severe recession
depression
A person who gives money to a business hoping to make a profit
investor
Where did people with no money get food during the Great Depression?
soup kitchens
Who was elected US President after Hoover that introduced government programs to help with the Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed?
Herbert Hoover
A share of ownership in a company
stock
Without a job
unemployed
Also known as Black Tuesday, this was one of the events that led to the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
The money you get paid from your job
wage
Which US President said "The economy will get better on it's own. It will just take time.
Herbert Hoover
The worst economic hardship of all time which began in 1920 and continued until the start of WWII
The Great Depression
President Roosevelt's plan to help the nation out of the Great Depression was called _______
The New Deal
Did the New Deal bring the Great Depression to an end?
No