Great Depression Flashcards
Liberal
Democrat
conservative
small government, value tradition, personal freedom, Republicans
Hoovervilles
villages of shacks for the homeless named after the president Hoover
deflation
prices go down
credit
buy something now and pay later
dust bowl
bunch of wind blowing dust on farms and houses it got destroyed so they had to move to the westside
farm subsidies
government pays so farmers grow certain amout of crops
herbert hoover
republican president (1929-1933) his conservative beliefs prevented him from allowing the government to invene
Franklin Roosevelt
democrat who was elected 4 times he is rich, 15 bills in 100 days, propose the “New Deal” disable
the new deal
15 bills in 100 days to allow gov power to solve the economic crisis
the stock market crash of 1929
official start of the Great Depression
migrant
people moving from place to place in order to find work
scapegoat
someone blamed for mistakes of others.