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great depression
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it was a severe world wide depression during pr before world war II. the great depression had many affects towards the people and it alsolasted from a year to at least 10 years.
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black tuesday
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it was a stock market crash. a devastating crash during 1929. the crash signaled the 12-year depression
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dust bowl
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it was during the period of severe dust storms. causing major economical and agricultural damage to the American and Canadian Prairie
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gross national product
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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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he was the 31st president of the united states. Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business under the rubric "economic modernization".
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franklin D. roosevelt
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he was the 32nd president of the united states. was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades.
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20th ammendment
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it was for the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect
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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. The programs were responses to the Great Depression,
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frances perkins
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was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. She and Interior Secretary Harold Iockes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in offices for his entire presidency.
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fireside chats
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were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
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fFDIC
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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, 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, or 100 hundred days plan agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes during President Roosevelt's time in office. It was created by the National Industrial 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.
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civilian conservation corps
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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
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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 non delegation doctrine
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securities exchange commmission
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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
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second new deal
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is the term used by commentators at the time historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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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.
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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,
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social security act 1935
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In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program.
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huey long
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A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevel
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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
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