Great Depression

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1. Great Depression

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-The Great Depression was a severe as the worldwide economic depression in the decade followed by World War II.
-The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.
- It was the longest, and deepest depression of the 20th century.
-In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how far the world's economy can decline

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2. Black Tuesday

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-it was also known as the Great Crash and the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
- it was the most devestating stock markket crash in the history of the United Statess.
-The crash signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries.
- It did not end in the United States until the onset of American mobilization for World War II at the end of 1941.

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3. Dust Bowl

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- It was visible evidene of how dry the 1930's became and it was done by the dust storm.
- Tons of topsoil were blown off barren fields and caried the storm clouds for hundreds of miles.
- It got its name after Black Sunday( april 14,1935)
- More and more dust storms had been blowing up in the years leading up to that day.

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4. Gross National Product

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-It was the market value of all products and services products in one year by labor and property supplied by the residenrs of a country.
- GNP does not distinguish between qualitative improvement in the states of the technical arts and quantitve increase in goods and consider both to be forms of economic growth.

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5. Herbert Hoover

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- was the 31st president of the united states
-hoover was a professional minig enginer and author.
- when wall street crash of 1929 struck less then eight months after he took office.
- the consensus among historians is that Hoover's defetin the 1932 elections was causes primily by failure to end the downwad economical spiral,

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6. Franklin D Roosevelt

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- he was the 32nd president of the united states.
- he lead the u.s during the worldwide ecnomical crisis and world war.
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7. 2oth Amendment

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8. New Deal

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9. Frances Perkins

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10. Fireside Chats

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11. FDIC

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12. Public Works Administration

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13. Civilian Conservation Corps

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14. Schechter v. U.S

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15. Securities Exchange Commission

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16. Second New Deal

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17. Works Progress Administration

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18. Wagner Act 1935

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19. Social Security Act 1935

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20. Huey Long

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21. John L. Lewis

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