The Great Depression

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Great Depression

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What:Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s. The depression originated in the U.S., starting with the fall in stock prices that began around September 4

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Black Tuesday

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What:The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 1929), 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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Dust Bowl

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What:The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, 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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What:Gross domestic product (GDP) refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. It is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living

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Herbert Hoover

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WhoHerbert Clark Hoover (born August 10 of 1874 - † October 20 of 1964 ) was the thirty-first President of the United States .

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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WhoFranklin Delano Roosevelt (Hyde Park ( New York ), January 30 of 1882 - Warm Springs ( Georgia ), April 12 of 1945 ) was the thirty-second President of the United States and was the only man to win four presidential elections in that nation.

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20th Amendment

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What:(Amendment XX) to the United States Constitution establishes the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices. It also deals with scenarios in which there is no President-elect. The Twentieth Amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.

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New Deal

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What:"New Deal") is the name given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to its policy interventionist launched to combat the effects of the Great Depression in the United States . This program was developed between 1933 and 1938 with the aim of supporting the poorest of the population, reform financial markets and reinvigorating a U.S. economic injury from the Crash of 29 by the unemployment and bankruptcies in the chain.

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Frances Perkins

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Who1965), born Fannie Coralie Perkins, was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold Ickes were the only original members of the Roosevelt cabinet who remained in offices for his entire presidency.

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Fireside Chats

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What:The fireside chats were 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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WhatThis agency is responsible for ensuring the recovery of his money to the depositors if a bank fails. The FDIC supplies of money when financial institutions fail, inspiring confidence to banks and customer

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Public Works Administration

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What was an entity created by the government of the United States during the Great Depression as a way to help workers desempelados, providing funds for the recruitment of skilled workers in projects public works on a massive scale.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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WhatThe Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 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 of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments.

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Securities Exchange Commission

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WhatThe Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States (commonly known as the SEC ) 1 is an independent agency of the United States government having primary responsibility for enforcing federal securities laws and regulating the industry of securities , markets the nation's financial, including stock, options and other electronic exchanges.

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Second New Deal

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WhatThey 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. The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery, and reform

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Works Progress Administration

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Whatwas the lead agency established under the New Deal . It was created on May 6 of 1935 , by a presidential order (which funded the Congress , but not established). The mission of the WPA was to give employment to millions of unemployed throughout the United States, in order to implement programs of public works.

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Wagner Act 1935

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What is a 1935 United States federal law that limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector who create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands.

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Social Security Act 1935

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WhatThe original Social Security Act[2] (1935) and the current version of the Act, as amended[3] encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs.

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Huey Long

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WhoHuey Pierce Long, Jr. ( August 30 of 1893 - September 10 of 1935 ), nicknamed The Kingfish , was a political U.S. state of Louisiana . He was a member of the Democratic Party and is known for his political populists and radicals. He served as governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as senator from the same state from 1932 to 1935 . Although supported Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1932, Long broke with Roosevelt in June 1933 and allegedly began to plan his own candidacy for president.
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