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Stock Market Crash
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Also known as Black Tuesday , this event occurred when the price of stocks rapidly decreased, causing people to panic and sell their stocks.
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Hoover
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President of the US when the stock market crashed and depression began, he did not do much to help American people or economy.
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Roosevelt
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Elected as president in 1932 because he had a plan to pull America out of the depression;his new deal plan had many succesful programs that helped Americans get back on their feet.
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Dust Bowl
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During the Great Depression, there was a severe drout in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west.
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Soup Kitchens
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Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the depression.
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CCC
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Gave jobs to young men between the ages of 18-25; they built roads,planted forests,and worked on irrigation and national park projects.
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WPA
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Workers built roads , parks , bridges , airports , and buildings ; also hired artists to paint murals and build sculptures.
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TVA
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Built dams to control flooding and provide electricity throughout 7 states>
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Ellington
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Famous pianist , composer, and bandleader during the "Swing Era", swing music was a new style of jazz.
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Mitchell
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Atlanta native who won a pulitzer prize for Gone With the Wind, a novel set in the south during the civil war.
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Owens
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African American athlete who won 4 gold medals at 1936 olympics ; angered Hitler because he thought African American race was inferior to German race.
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