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Great Depression
What: Was an economic depreesion in the U.S.
When: 1929
Significance: Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped.Unemployment in the U.S. rose
Black Tuesday
What: was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout
When: October 1929
Significance: The crash signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countriesand that did not end in the United States until the onset of American mobilization for World War II at the end of 1941.
Dust Bowl
What: was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands
When: 1930 to 1936
Significance: Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes; many of these families migrated to California and other states, where they found economic conditions little better during the Great Depression than those they had left.
Gross National Product
What: Wasthe 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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Significance: GNP allocates production based on ownership
Herbert Hoover
Who: was the 31st President of the United States
When: August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964
Significance: Hoover, a trained engineer, deeply believed in the Efficiency Movement, which held that government and the economy were riddled with inefficiency and waste, and could be improved by experts who could identify the problems and solve them. When the Wall Street Crash of 1929 struck less than eight months after he took office, Hoover tried to combat the ensuing Great Depression with volunteer efforts, none of which produced economic recovery during his term
Franklin D Roosevelt
Who: 32nd President of the United States and 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
When: 1933-1945
Significance: The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades
20th Amendment
What: It was an Amendment
When: ratified on January 23, 1933.

Significance: to 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.
New Deal
What:is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States
When: 1933 and 1936
Significance:The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on relief, recovery, and reform. That is, relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy to normal levels; and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression
Frances Perkins
Who: was the U.S. Secretary of Labor
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Significance:Was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinetshe helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in offices for his entire presidency.
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FDIC
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Public Works Administration
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Schechter v. U.S
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Securities Exchange Commission
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Second New Deal
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Works 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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