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Great Depression and New Deal
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The Great Depression was the largest and most significant economic depression to affect not only America but also the world. President Franklin Roosevelt created numerous policies and programs to combat the Great Depression. These were collectively called the "New Deal."
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Great Depression
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as a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
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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 (in some areas until 1940
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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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Hoover tried to combat the ensuing Great Depression with volunteer efforts, none of which produced economic recovery during his term.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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FDR's combination of optimism and activism contributed to reviving the national spirit of the great depression
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2oth Amendment
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to the Constitution of the United States is also called the
Lame Duck Amendment, because it put a stop to "lame duck" |
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New Deal
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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
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Frances Perkins
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she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. championed many aspects of the New Deal, including the Civilian Conservation Corps
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Fireside Chats
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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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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency
created by the U.S. Congress to maintain stability and public confidence |
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Public Works Administration
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was part of the New Deal, or 100 hundred days plan agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ices during President Roosevelt's time in office
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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.
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Schechter v. U.S
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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 non delegation doctrine and as an invalid use of Congress' power under the commerce clause
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Securities Exchange Commission
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fficial Federal Agency website,
including news, legal and other releases and reports, investor education material |
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Second New Deal
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s the term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Works Progress Administration
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employing millions to carry out public works projects,It fed children and redistributed food, clothing, and housing
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Wagner Act 1935
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was created by Congress to protect workers' right to unionization. The National Labor Relations Board was created to enforce the National Labor Relations Act.
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Social Security Act 1935
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encompassed several social welfare and social insurance programs.
giving everyone a social security number. |
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Huey Long
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Share Our Wealth program in 1934 with the motto "Every Man a King", proposing new wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax on corporations and individuals to curb the poverty and hopelessness endemic nationwide during the Great Depression
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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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