| A. |
Glass-Steagall Act |
| B. |
The period between the 1932 election and Roosevelt’s inauguration where no significant legislation was passed |
| C. |
Approximately 15,000 World War I veterans marched in Washington to demand early payment of their veteran benefits, which were not due to be paid until 1945 |
| D. |
Provided government jobs for young men aged 14 to 24 who came from relief families to work on federal property and infrastructure projects |
| E. |
Langston Hughes |
| F. |
Set aside $2 billion in taxpayer money to rescue banks, credit unions, and insurance companies |
| G. |
Noted figure of the Harlem Renaissance famous for his/her posthumously published novel Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| H. |
An interracial organization that sought to gain government relief for the most disenfranchised of farmers |
| I. |
Act that authorized the allotment of $1.5 billion to states to fund local public works projects. |
| J. |
$500 million in direct grants that went directly to states to infuse relief agencies to help the unemployed |
| K. |
Term referring to a group of Roosevelt’s advisers who famously crafted a national tax policy intended to raise America out of the Great Depression |
| L. |
Later renamed the President’s Organization of Unemployment Relief (POUR); this program assisted state and private relief agencies, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and YMCA |
| M. |
Author who focused his bestseller The Grapes of Wrath on the plight of the Okies during the Dust Bowl |
| N. |
Nickname given to shantytowns that would emerge on the fringes of most major cities in the immediate result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
| O. |
Ohio Gang |
| P. |
Term designated to represent October 29, 1929, the day when the New York Stock Market plummeted, beginning the worldwide Great Depression |
| Q. |
The product of overproduction and massive drought; this period was characterized by horrible storms and livestock deaths throughout the Midwest |
| R. |
First New Deal program that set aside $3.3 billion to build public projects such as highways, federal buildings, and military bases |
| S. |
Insured personal bank deposits up to $2,500 |
| T. |
1930 law that raised taxes on imported goods, intending to increase sales of American-made goods but, instead, closed international markets and American manufacturers |
| U. |
Series of federal programs introduced by President Roosevelt with the goals of bank reform, job creation, economic regulation, and regional planning |
| V. |
Officially took the country off the gold standard, which severely limited the circulation of paper money |
| W. |
Designed to boost prices to a level that would alleviate rural poverty and restore profitability to American agriculture |
