Great Depression

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Great Depression and New Deal

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" aimed at promoting economic recovery and putting Americans back to work through Federal activism. New Federal agencies attempted to control agricultural production, stabilize wages and prices, and create a vast public works program for the unemployed

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Great Depression

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The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II

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Black Tuesday

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Black Tuesday refers to October 29, 1929, when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12%. People say that Black Tuesday was the beginning of the Great Depressing

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Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936

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Gross National Product

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Gross National Product is the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of a country

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Herbert Hoover

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After just eight months in office, on October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, fueling a growing depression that became the most severe economic crisis the United States had ever known. After just eight months in office, on October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, fueling a growing depression that became the most severe economic crisis the United States had ever known

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted a wide variety of federally funded programs aimed at restoring the American economy, helping relieve the suffering of the unemployed, and reforming the system so that such a severe crisis could never happen again.

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20th Amendment

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1.The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January,
2.The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
3.If the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President
4.The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them
5.Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article

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New Deal

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The New Deal is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the United States, which lasted from 1933 to 1937.

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Frances Perkins

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Frances Perkins was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. She helped Franklin D. Roosevelt pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.

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Fireside Chats

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Fireside Chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.

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FDIC

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks.

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Public Works Administration

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The Public Works Administration was part of the New Deal agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes during President Roosevelt's time in office. It was created in response to the Great Depression.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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The Civilian Consevation Corps was a 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.

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Schechter Vs. U.S.

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Schechter V. U.S. 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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The Securities Exchange Commission is a federal agency 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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The Second New Deal the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his address to Congress in January 1935, 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 to replace state relief efforts.

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Works Progress Administration

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The Works Progress Administration 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.