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Great Depression
The Great Depression and the New Deal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hoovervilles | communities of run-down shacks on the outskirt of cities |
| overproduction | a situation in which the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | individual chosen by the Democrats to run for President in 1932, he ran on the pledge of a new deal for America |
| civil rights | rights guaranteed in the Constitution, especially voting and equal treatment under the law |
| John Collier | under President FDR, this individual was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs who worked to create jobs for Native Americans and worked to protect Native American land |
| Black Tuesday | this is the name given to October 29, 1929 when the stock market completely crashed |
| fireside chats | radio talks that were held by FDR to try to boost Americans' confidence in the banks |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | First Lady who advocated for womens' rights and civil rights |
| payroll tax | a tax that removes money directly from workers' paychecks |
| sit-down strike | workers stay in the factory but stop working |
| Huey Long | Democratic Senator from Louisiana who argued that the government should tax the wealthy and distribute their wealth to the poor |
| migrant worker | person that travels from farm to farm picking crops |
| default | fail to repay loans |
| Francis Townsend | California doctor who wanted a system of government pensions, such as the social security system |
| Marian Anderson | an African American singer who was not allowed to perform for the Daughters of the American Revolution |
| bankruptcy | financial failure caused by a company's inability to pay its debts |
| John Steinbeck | author of the book, The Grapes of Wrath, which describes the miseries of the Dust Bowl |
| John Lewis | this individual headed the United Mine Workers union, and later formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which was an umbrella organization that consisted of many other unions |
| Frances Perkins | this individual served as FDR's Secretary of Labor, chaired the Social Securities Act, and wanted employers and employees to work together to create a good working environment, fair wages, and good relations amongst people |
| collective bargaining | a process that allowed the union to negotiate wages and benefits for all union members; employers were forced to participate in this process with the union |
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