Great Depression/New Deal

2. radio announcements by FDR that updated the nation on the status of the Great Depression
6. era in American history in which the economy was in severe decline and millions were out of work
9. the goal of Roosevelts New Deal programs were referred to as
11. program created to put young men to work building roads, parks and planting trees
14. October 29, 1929, the day the market collapsed
15. FDR declares this immediately after taking office targeting banks
16. the creation of this government group was formed to keep a watch full eye on the stock market and trading
20. this established the work week at 40 hours and established a minimum wage
23. the negative nickname given to shantytowns throughout the city
24. the percentage of Americans out of work at the height of the Great Depression
25. the mid-west turned into this when fields and grasslands were over plowed and drought struck

1. Roosevelts programs that were created to offer opportunities to Americans
3. investors purchase a small percentage of a stock in a company and borrow the res
4. this New Deal program was created in order to protect American bank accounts up to 5,000 dollars
5. this New Deal program was created to bring flood control and electricity to underdeveloped areas in the South
7. paid farmers to not overproduce crops creating a demand
8. people waited to receive free food donated from charities or other public agencies
10. government policy of a "hands-off" approach to big business
12. winner of the presidential election of 1932
13. group of FDR advisors that worked to help the American people
17. provided financial payments to the elderly and unemployed
18. program created to build schools and libraries in rural areas
19. winner of the presidential election of 1928
21. group of WW1 veterans that marched on Washington D.C. demanding money
22. a key industry that was in trouble at the beginning of 1920s
23. established during Hoover administration designed to raise tariffs to protect American business