The Great Depression and the New Deal

Vocabulary terms, key figures, legislative acts, and pivotal dates of the Great Depression and the New Deal era.

Great Depression causes

Stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction, and buying on credit.

Herbert Hoover

President when the Great Depression began.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

President who won the election in 1932, took office in 1933, and introduced the New Deal.

Three Rs

Relief, Recovery, Reform.

CCC

Provided jobs through conservation projects.

WPA

Provided jobs building roads, schools, and other public projects.

FDIC

Protected people's bank deposits.

Dust Bowl

Severe dust storms caused by drought and poor farming practices.

First New Deal

Began in 1933 alongside emergency banking actions when FDR took office.

Second New Deal

Initiative launched in 1935 that focused on workers' rights and economic security.

Social Security Act

1935 legislation that established retirement benefits and other assistance.

Wagner Act

Legislation enacted in 1935 during the Second New Deal.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Legislation passed in 1938.

Bonus Army events

Events that took place in 1932, the same year FDR won the presidential election.

1929

The year the stock market crash occurred and the Great Depression began.