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Great Depression
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What:was a ubiquitous economic depression resulting from the WW2
When: started about 1929 until early 1940s Sig:had devastating effects cities, farming, heavy industrial, construction, mining,logging employments women etc... |
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Black Tuesday
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What:a stock market crash
When: Oct. 1929 Sig: the crash led signs to the great depression |
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Dust Bowl
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What:period of severe dust storms
When: from 1930-1936 Sig:causing ecological and arictural damage to America |
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Gross National Product
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Herbert Hoover
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Who: President 1929-1933, mining engineer and author
When: august 10, 1874- october 20, 1964 Sig:tried to combat the great depression, none of his efforts produced recovery |
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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Who:President in office 1933-1945
When:January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 Sig:launched many programs set to produce relief like new deal, economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937 |
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2oth Amendment
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What:the terms of elected Federal officials, including the President, Vice-President, and members of Congress
When:January 23, 1933 Sig:it defines the actual dates on which those terms begin and end |
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New Deal
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What:economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936
When:lasted from 1933-1937 Sig: response for depression |
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Frances Perkins
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Who:was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, first women in us cabinet
When:April 10, 1880[1] – May 14, 1965 Sig: established unemployment benefits, pensions with social security act,established first minimum wage and overtime laws |
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Fireside Chats
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What:were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
When:between 1933 and 1944 Sig:contains the most comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the study of the President of the United States. |
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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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What:created to protect workers' right to unionization
When:1935 Sig:makes it illegal for employers and labor unions to interfere with these rights |
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Social Security Act 1935
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What: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
When: August 14, 1935, by President Roosevelt Sig:The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed, and a lump-sum benefit at death |
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Huey Long
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Who:US Senator from 1932-1935, a democrat and 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928-1932
When:August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935 Sig: created Share Our Wealth program in 1934 |
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John L. Lewis
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Who: an American leader of oraginzed labor, preisdent of United Mine Workers of America( UMW)
When:February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969 Sig: a major player in coal mning history, drivn force behind the founding of Congress of Industrial Oranization(CIO) |