The Americans-Chptrs 22/23

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MARGIN

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Amount of stock you could buy with credit auction

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REASONS FOR THE DEPRESSION (7)

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1.Old Industrial base
2.Unequal distribution of wealth
3.Easy credit
4.Low farm prices
5.Bad banking practices
6.High tariffs
7.Investor stupidity-greed

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SPECULATION

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Buying and selling for quick profit

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

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A measured based on a price of a stock of 30 large companies widely used as a barometer of the stock markets health.

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Hawley Smoot Tariff

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A law enacted in the 1930's that established the highest protective tariff in the US history- worsened depression

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How many farms were foreclosed on between 1929-33?

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400 thousand

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Dust Bowl

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The region including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms in 1930's.

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Direct Relief

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The giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people.

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Boulder Damn

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A damn on the Colorado River that is now called the Hoover Damn. Built during depression as part of public works program intended to stimulate business & provide jobs.

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Hoover

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1.Federal home loan bank act
lowered farm mortage rates
2.tax cut
3.reconstruction finance company - provice emergency funds to banks/business $2 billion

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Bonus Army

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A group of WWI veterans & families who marched on D.C. to demand payment for bonus that they had been promised.

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Emergency Banking Relief Act

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7 bank holiday
Banks were inspected by Treasury department and those that were stable could reopen.

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Glass-Steagal Act

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1933 Law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect individual bank accounts.

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Federal Security Act

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A law enacted in 1933 that required corporations to provide complete accurate information on all stock offerings.

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Prospectus

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Gives you info on new stocks

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AAA 1 Agricultural Adjustment Act

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(unconstitutional)
Paid farmers not to grow things

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AAA 2

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Parity set minimum farm prices

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Civilian Conservation Core (CCC)

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Agency established as part of the New Deal that put young, unemployed men to work building road, parks and planting trees.

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CWA Civil Works Administration

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Built schools

no money no CWA's

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National Industrial Recovery Act

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A law enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth.

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Blue Eagle Parliament

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Unconstitutional

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Clark Gable

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Actor in movie
Gone with the wind

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Judy Garland

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Actress in movie
Wizard of Oz

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Frances Perkins

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First Female cabinet member

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Marx Brothers

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Comedians

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HOLC

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Home Owner Loan Corporation - for foreclosures

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Federal Home Agency

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Home loan insurance

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FERA - Federal Emergency Relief Act

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only direct relief

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Deficit Spending

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Governement spending of more money than it recieves in revenue.

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Works Project Agency

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Agency established as part of second new deal that provided the unemployed with jobs.

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Radio personalities

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Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Burns and Allen

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Orsen Wells

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Narrator of the story "War of the Worlds" on radio.

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Thomas Benton & Grant Wood

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Both painters

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John Stienback

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Author of Grapes of Wrath

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Thorton Wilder

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Author of "Our Town"

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National Youth Association

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An agency that provided young americans with aid and employment during depression.

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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1. set minimum wage
2. idea of overtime
3.set 40 hour work week

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New Deal Coalition

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An alliance of diverse groups including southern whites, blacks and unionized workers who supported the policies of the democractic parties.

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CIO -

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

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Wagner Act

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Also known as National Labor Relations Act, it protected workers rights after supreme court declared the NIRA unconstituional.

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Dorthea Lange

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Photograher during great depression.

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Social Security

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1. pensions
2. aid to dependent children
3. unemployment compensation system

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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Provided cheap power

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Alfred (ALF) Landon

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Ran for President in 1936.
Republican
lost election to Roosevelt.