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2. Great Depression
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a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
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3. Black Tuesday
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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%. Black Tuesday is often cited as the beginning of the Great Depression.
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4. Dust Bowl
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was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940).
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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 residents of a country
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6. Herbert Hoover
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7. Franklin D Roosevelt
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8. 2oth Amendment
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9. New Deal
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10. Frances Perkins
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11. Fireside Chats
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12. FDIC
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13. Public Works Administration
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14. Civilian Conservation Corps
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15. Schechter v. U.S
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16. Securities Exchange Commission
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17. Second New Deal
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18. Works Progress Administration
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19. Wagner Act 1935
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20. Social Security Act 1935
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21. Huey Long
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22. John L. Lewis
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