Great Depression

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1. Fireside Chats

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was a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by the united sates president Franklin D. Roosvelt between 1933 and 1944

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2. Great Depression

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was a serve worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding world war 2. it was the longest and most widespread and the deepest depression of the20th century. often used as an example of how far the world's economy can decline. it affected both the rich and the poor.

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3. Black Tuesday

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was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the united states. the crash signaled the beginning of the 12 year great depression that affected all western industrialized countries and that did not end in the united states until the onset of american mobilization for world war 2 at the end of 1941.

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4. Dust Bowl

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was a period of serve dust storms causing major ecological, and agricultural damage to american and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936. farmers was coupled with decades without crop rotation, fallow fields. cover crops and other techniques that prevent erosion.

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5. Gross National Product

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the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the residential. of a country

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6. Herbert Hoover

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august 10, 1874- October 20, 1964 was the 31st president of the united states. hoover was a professional mining engineer and author.

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7. Franklin D Roosevelt

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January 30,1882-= April 12, 1945. also known by FDR, was the 32nd president of the united states 1933-45 and a central figure in wold events during the mid-20th century leading the unites states during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war.

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8. 2oth Amendment

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9. New Deal

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a series of economic programs implemented in the united states between 1933 and 1936. they were passed by U.S congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as president of the united states, which lasted form 1933 to 1937.

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10. Frances Perkins

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April 10, 1880- May 14, 1965 was the U.S secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S cabinet. as a loyal supporter of friend Franklin D Rossetti, she helped

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FDIC

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is a united states government corporation created by the glass-steagall act of 1933. it provides deposit insurance which guarantess the safety of deposits in member banks currently 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, headed by secrtaru of the interior Harold L. Ickes during president roosevelt time in office. it was created by the antional industrail Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the great depression.It concentrated on the construction of large-scale public works such as dams and bridges, with the goal of providing employment, stabilizing purchasing power, and contributing to a revival of American industry. It was planned to help fix the Great Depression. This Administration was focused on saving natural resources.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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public work relief program in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men, ages 17–25, between 1933-42. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide employment for young men in relief families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory.

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Schechter v. U.S

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was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause

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Securities Exchange Commission

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is a federal agency[2] which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States.

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Second New Deal

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Roosevelt called for three major goals: improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, as well as a national welfare program (the WPA) to replace state relief efforts.

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Works Progress Administration

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was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing.

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Wagner Act 1935

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is a 1935 United States federal law that limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector who create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands.

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Social Security Act 1935

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signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as part of his New Deal.only to the benefits for retirement, disability, survivorship, and death, which are the four main benefits provided by traditional private-sector pension plans.

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Huey Long

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a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, Long split with Roosevelt in June 1933 and allegedly planned to mount his own presidential bid for 1936.

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John L. Lewis

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was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960. A major player in the history of coal mining, he was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which established the United Steel Workers of America and helped organize millions of other industrial workers in the 1930s.