The Great Depression And The New Deal

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Great Depression

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What: a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
When: 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s
Where: worldwide
Significance: the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped while international trade plunged. Unemployment rates greatly increased

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Black Tuesday

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What: the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States
When: October 1929
Where: US
Significance: The crash signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries

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Dust Bowl

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What: a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands
When: 1930 to 1936
Where: Canadian and American prairie lands (The Great Plains)
Significance: migration and homelessness

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Gross National Product

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What: how much income a nation relieves overall in total
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Significance:crashed in America, lowest point in history, caused job drop and money cut backs

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Herbert Hoover

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Who: president during the beggining stages of the great depression
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Significance: tried to make more voluntary action and improve the overall low income.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Who: well-known pres. during the great depression
When: 1932
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Significance: he passed many tax reducing laws and many people respected and trusted him

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2oth Amendment

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What: 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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New Deal

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What: a program of domestic reforms
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Significance:the federal government took a central role in organizing business and agriculture

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Frances Perkins

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Who: he U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
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Where: 1933 – June 30, 1945
Significance:helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition

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Fireside Chats

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What: series of thirty evening radio speeches given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
When: 1933 and 1944
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Significance:gave Americans hope and let them in tune with hat was happening politically

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FDIC

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Public Works Administration

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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Schechter v. U.S

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Securities Exchange Commission

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Second New Deal

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Works Progress Administration

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Wagner Act 1935

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Social Security Act 1935

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Huey Long

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John L. Lewis

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