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21 Cards in this Set
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Great Depression
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-Severe worldwide economic depression in decade after WWII.
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Black Tuesday
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-October 29th, 1929.
-Most famous Stock Market crash. -Stocks lost 13% of their value. -Considered the beginning of the Great Depression. |
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Dust Bowl
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-Area of the south central U.S that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s.
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Gross National Product
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-The vale of all the goods and services produced in an economy, plus the value of the goods and services imported, less the goods and services exported.
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Herbert Hoover
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-31st President.
-in 1929 stock market crashed and the economy collapsed. -Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt. |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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-32nd President.
-Elected 4 times. -Instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression. -Led country during WWII. |
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20th Amendment
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-Proposed on March 2, 1932
-Ratified Jan. 23, 1933. -Moved date on which new presidential and vice presidential terms begin as well as the date for beginning new congressional terms. -Ended abbreviated congressional session, and fixed procedures for presidential succession if President dies before inauguration. day. |
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New Deal
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-Set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Frances Perkins
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Fireside Chats
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-Informal addresses by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
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FDIC
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-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
-Independent agency of U.S federal government. -Preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits. |
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Public Works Administration
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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-A Depression-era government program for unemployed men that performed projects that improved our forests and parks.
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Schechter V. U.S
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Securities Exchange Commision
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Second New Deal
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Works of Progress Administration
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Wagner Act 1935
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Social Security Act 1935
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Huey Long
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John L. Lewis
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