Great Depression Vocabulary
Vocabulary Word
Definition
1. Default
to not do something you were supposed to do (like pay
a bill)
2. Relief
(New Deal )
help for the needy (ex. money, soup kitchens, etc.)
3. Black
Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed 10/29/1929
4. Great Depression
(p. 725)
the severe economic crisis that happened during the
1930s
5. Hoovervilles
(p. 727)
shanty towns (built out of boxes, tents, etc) during the Great
Depression named for President Hoover because he didn't
help to fix the Great Depression
6. Subsidy
money the government gives to a person or company
so that they will eventually help others
7. Work Relief
(New Deal )
programs that gave unemployed people jobs
8. The New Deal
9. The Dust Bowl
10. Migrant Worker
11. Federal Reserve
(New Deal )
12. Pension
13. Stock
14. Credit/On
Margin
15. public works
(New Deal )
FDR’s plan that Congress approved to help solve the
problems of the Great Depression
the name given to the area of the southern Great Plain
that suffered from a lack of rain (drought) and dust
storms
a person (farmer) who moves from place to place to
find work picking fruits and vegetables
a federal agency that regulates banking
money paid to a person on a regular basis, usually after
they retire
shares of ownership in a company which can be bought
and sold for money
a form of a loan; borrowing money that will be paid
back later with interest
projects that provide jobs building highways, parks, and
libraries using tax money