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21 Cards in this Set
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1. Great Depression and New Deal
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2. Great Depression
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.a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.
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3. Black Tuesday
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.also known as the Great Crash, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, 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.
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4. Dust Bowl
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.was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940).
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5. Gross National Product
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. is the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of a country. Unlike Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which defines production based on the geographical location of production, GNP allocates production based on ownership.
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6. Herbert Hoover
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.was the 31st President of the United States (1929–1933). Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author.
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7. Franklin D Roosevelt
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also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) 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.
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8. 20th Amendment
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.The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
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9. New Deal
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10. Frances Perkins
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11. Fireside Chats
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13. Public Works Administration
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14. Schechter v. U.S
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15. Securities Exchange Commission
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16. Second New Deal
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17. Works Progress Administration
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18. Wagner Act 1935
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19. Social Security Act 1935
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20. Huey Long
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21. John L. Lewis
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12. FDIC
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