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Unit 6 Key Terms

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    "Reliefe, Recovery, Reform"

    Helped people in poverty to get back on their feet and be able to live again during the great depression.
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    the Deportation of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression

    Nearly 500,000 people were deported during this time, and it helped the economy tremendously.
  • Langston Hughes

    African American poet in te harlem renisance.
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    The Great Depretion

    When the US stock market crashed and made the whole country bankrupt.
  • Dorothea Lange

    Helped start all the reliefe programs.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    He became the president of the US and got america out og the depression.
  • FDIC

    It baisicly guarenteted your money would be safe in the bank it was deposited in.
  • TVA

    Gave everyone in the US electricity for free.
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    The New Deal

    The creation of reliefe programs to try to boost the economy back up during the great depression.
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    The Dust Bowl

    When farmers didn't rotate their crops, and the top soil became dust and created a huge sand storm, so farmers had to migrate to california for work.
  • Entitlement Programs and Solvency

    Helped americans get back on their feet by grants from the government.
  • Social Security

    Gave people checks when thet retired to that they could live without wrking.
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

    Put laws on the stock exchange to protect it.
  • Medicare and Medicade

    Provided old people, and veterans with health insurance for their families and help for them themselves.