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Great Depression Flashcards

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Capitalism

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trade is controlled by private owners

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Herbert Hoover

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“hated” president

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Margin buying

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borrowing money to purchase a stock

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Black Tuesday

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stock market crash

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Communism

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publicly owned property; people paid according to abilities

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Gross national product

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overall out put of economy; making producing as a country

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Great Depression

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world-wide economic downfall

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Business cycle

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keep waiting; economy will work itself out

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Smoot-Hawley Tariff

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Tax on imports

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Breadlines

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provided bread and soup

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Shantytowns

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Hooverville; poor people poor living conditions

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Rugged Individualism

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independent from government

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Volunteerism

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contributing free labor

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Distantant cousin of T.R- assistant secretary of the navy

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Bonus Army

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cash redemption

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Bank Holiday

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closed; reevaluate money

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Home Owners Loan Corporation

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loaned money-allowed families to stay in their home

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Agricultural Adjustment Association

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prices rise and over production stops

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New Deal

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efforts to re-inflate the economy

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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provides cheap power to poor region

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Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation

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insurance for money in banks

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John Maynard Keyes

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british economist; sited for the “new deal”

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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work to send money home to families

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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stock market watch to prevent crash

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polio

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Spinal disease transmitted through bacteria

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National Industrial Recovery Act

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president regulated industry to stimulate recovery

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National Youth Association

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job training for people 16-20

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Social Security Act

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taxed payment for elderly, provided unemployment benefits

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Wagner-Connery Act

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the rights of the working

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Works Progress Administration

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employed people to do public works

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Dorthea Lange

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Photographer; captured the great depression in images

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