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the great depression
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was 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 1930
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black tuesday
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, 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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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
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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
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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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Franklin D Roosevelt
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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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20th amendment
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he amendment reduced the amount of time between Election Day and the beginning of Presidential, Vice Presidential and Congressional terms.[
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new deal
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Deal is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the United States, which lasted from 1933 to 1937.
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Francis Perkins
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was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet
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fireside chats
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ere a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
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FDIC
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Fedral department insurance incorporation
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Public Works Administration
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t was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression. It concentrated on the construction of large-scale public works such as dams and bridges, with the goal of providing employment
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Civilian conservation corps
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was a public work relief program in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men, ages 17–25, between 1933-42. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development
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Schechter vs.the US
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was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause
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Securities exchange comission
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is a federal agency[2] which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry,
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second new deal
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is the term used by commentators at the time[1] and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs
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works progress administration
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was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads,
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Wagner Act 1935
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hat limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector who create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining
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Social Security Act 1935
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ocial Security is a social insurance program that is funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).
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Huey Long
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served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies
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John L. Lewis
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was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960.
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