Great Depression Vocab

3. The day the stock market crashed, marking the start of the Great Depression (October 29, 1929).
4. Risky investments in hopes of making a quick profit.
6. Severe drought and dust storms in the Midwest during the 1930s.
9. A period of economic decline lasting for several months or more.
10. Homeless wanderers who traveled the country looking for work during the Great Depression.
12. A place where shares of companies are bought and sold.
14. A New Deal agency that insured bank deposits to restore public confidence.
15. Government actions to provide immediate help, such as food and money, to those in need.
17. Government program to help rural poor farmers improve their living conditions.
18. Migrant farmers, mostly from Oklahoma, who moved westward to escape the Dust Bowl.
22. New Deal program that provided jobs to young men working on environmental conservation projects.
23. When many people withdraw their money from a bank at the same time, fearing it will fail.
24. Government spending more money than it takes in to boost the economy.
26. Group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., to demand early payment of a promised bonus.
27. A decrease in prices due to reduced demand and surplus goods.

1. New Deal program providing jobs in public works projects like building schools, parks, and roads.
2. Government-funded projects to build public resources like roads and schools, creating jobs.
5. The state of being without a job during the Great Depression.
7. New Deal program that built dams to provide electricity and prevent flooding in rural areas.
8. Shantytowns named after President Hoover, where homeless people lived.
11. FDR's series of programs to combat the effects of the Great Depression.
12. A New Deal program providing financial support to the elderly and disabled.
13. The central bank of the U.S., responsible for regulating the economy.
16. Places that offered free food to the unemployed and poor.
19. The process of banks taking back property when the owner can no longer pay the mortgage.
20. Herbert Hoover’s belief that individuals should help themselves rather than rely on government aid.
21. System where farmers rented land and paid the landlord with a portion of the crops, often leading to poverty.
25. Movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North for jobs and better opportunities.