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14 Cards in this Set
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Black Tuesday |
During black Tuesday more than 16 million shares were traded as panic selling took hold. This was the beginning of the great depression. Pg #849 |
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Herbert Hoover |
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. Pg #852 |
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New deal |
The economic and political policies of the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s. Pg #853 |
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Marion Anderson |
Marian Anderson was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty. Pg #868 |
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Okies |
A okie was a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma. Pg #863 |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs |
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior. ... The BIA's responsibilities include providing health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Pg #869 |
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Federal writers project |
This employed 5000 writers and produced a series of state and city guidebooks. The FWP helped many notable writers survive the depression.pg #871 |
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The grapes of wrath |
John Steinbeck portrayed hardships of Oklahomas dust bowl migrants journey to California in a documentary. Pg #872 |
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AL Smith, Huey long, and father Coughlin |
These men did not support FDRs new deal. They decided to pursue there own ideals as anti fdr. |
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First hundred days |
The term was coined in a July 24, 1933, radio address by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, although he was referring to the 100-day session of the 73rd United States Congress between March 9 and June 17, rather than the first 100 days of his administration. Pg #854 |
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Fireside chats |
Speeches broadcast nationally over the radio in wich president Franklin D. Roosevelt explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around the Fireside with him. Pg #855 |
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Tennessee Valley authority |
Federal regional planning agency established to promote conservation, produce electric power, and encourage economic development in seven southern states. Pg #856 |
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Social Security act |
Act establishing federal old age pensions and unemployment insurance. Pg #859 |
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Dust bowl |
The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the U.S. and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon. Pg #864 |
