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16 Cards in this Set
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great depresssion
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was a world wide economic depression during world war 2, it started about 1929 and ended in the 1930's
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black Tuesday
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the most devastating stock market crash, this singled out the beginning of a 12 year depression.
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Dust Bowl
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a period of severe dust storms causing major agricultural damage to American lands
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Gross national product
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the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property which supplies the residents of a country.
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Herbert Hoover
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31st president of the US,was a professional mining engineer and author.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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the 32nd President of the US and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century
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20th Amendment
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established the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
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New Deal
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a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936.
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Frances Perkins
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the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
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Fireside Chats
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a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
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FDIC
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a US government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks, up to $250,000 per depositor per bank.
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Public Works Administration
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was part of the New Deal, or 100 hundred days plan agency in the United States headed by Harold L. Ickes
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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a public work relief program in the US for unemployed, unmarried men, ages 17–25.
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Schechter v. U.S
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a decision by the Supreme Court of the US that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power .
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Securities Exchange Commission
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a federal agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry in the US.
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Second New Deal
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called for three major goals, improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, also a national welfare program to replace state relief efforts
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