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1. Great Depression
the great depression was a time where no jobs where available and no money was flowing through the country, it was a harsh time for the people of america
1. Black Tuesday
it is when the wall street crashes in 1929 October, also know as the great crash, was most devastating stock market crash in american history
1. Dust Bowl
a period of severe dust storms and cause major ecological and agriculture damage., this is a main reason the great depression started
1. Gross National Product
is the market value of all products and services produce in one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of the country
1. Herbert Hoover
was the 31st president, he was a professorial mining engineer and author. hes economic was based in laise faire, was looking for voluntarily to solve the problem of the great depression
1. Franklin D Roosevelt
all know him by his initials FDR was the 32 president and a central figure in the world events during the 20th century, leading the united states during a time of worldwide economic crisis
1. 2oth Amendment
the 20th amendment was proposed in march 2 1932 and ratification was completed in january 23 1993
1. New Deal
were a series of economical programs implemented to the united states between 1933 and 1936, they were created by Roosevelt and were the response of the great depression and focus on the 3 r relief, recovery, and reform
1. Frances Perkins
the 4th united state secretary of labor from 1933 to 1945 the first women appointed to the U.S cabin
1. Fireside Chats
were a series of thirty evening radio speeches giving by FDR between 1933 and 1944
FDIC
the federal deposit insurance corporation is a corporation created by the glass steagall act of 1933 it provides deposit insurgence which guarantees the safety of deposition in member banks
1. Public Works Administration
was a part of the new deals or 100 days plan agency in the united states headed by secretary of the interior harnol L. ickes created by the national industrial recovery act, it was a response to the great depression
1. Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC, was a public work relief program in the united states for unemployed, unmarried men ages of 17- 25
1. 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. Notably, this was a unanimous decision that declared unconstitutional the National Industrial Recovery Act, a main component of President Roosevelt's New Deal.
1. 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. In addition to the 1934 Act that created it, the SEC enforces the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other statutes. The SEC was created by section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
1. Second New Deal
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
1. 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. It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing. Almost every community in the United States had a park, bridge or school constructed by the agency
1. Wagner Act 1935
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
1. Social Security Act 1935
The Social Security Act was drafted during Roosevelt's first term by the President's Committee on Economic Security, under Frances Perkins, and passed by Congress as part of the New Deal. The act was an attempt to limit what were seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children. By signing this act on August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt became the first president to advocate federal assistance for the elderly
1. Huey Long
nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies
1. John L. Lewis
as 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. After resigning as head of the CIO in 1941, he took the Mine Workers out of the CIO in 1942 and in 1944 took the union into the American Federation of Labor (AFL).