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| An organized system for buying and selling shares in corporations. |
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| A severe economic crisis where total economic output dropped from $104 billion to $58 billion (1929-1932) |
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| A failure to meet loan payments. |
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| Groups of shelters made out of old boxes and other debris. (AKA: "shantytowns") |
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| Large group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 to demand bonuses that were promised to them in 1945. |
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| The first days of FDR's presidency in which many new economic programs were quickly approved by Congress. |
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| Laws and regulations that affected banking, the stock market, industry, agriculture, public works, relief for the poor, and conservation of resources. |
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| Gave needy people government jobs. |
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| The first woman to ever serve in the Presidential cabinet. |
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| Name given to Great Plains states after large dust storms drove farmers westward off their land. |
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| People who moved from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables. |
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| A monthly payment for older, retired people. |
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| A new set of programs and reforms created by the Roosevelt Administration in 1935. These changed American life even more than before. |
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| Create a tax on workers and employers in 1935 that provided pensions and unemployment insurance. |
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| Banned child labor and set a minimum wage of .40 cents/hour. |
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| ROOSEVELT'S COURT PACKING PLAN |
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| Fearing an overturn of New Deal programs, FDR asked Congress to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from 9 to 15. That way he could fill the new positions with justices that he knew would approve his programs. |
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