Great Depression Flashcards

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[Great Depression] Buying on the Margin

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purchasing stocks with a majority of credit

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[Great Depression] Bank Failures

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banks closing when people can no longer withdraw money

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[Great Depression] FDIC

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insurance protecting your money if your bank collapses

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[Great Depression] Dust Bowl

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major drought combined with dust storms in the southerns area of the central US

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5
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[Great Depression] October 1929

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Stock market collapse

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6
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[Great Depression] Black Tuesday

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October 29th total collapse of the market

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[Great Depression] Stock Crash Effect

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money disappeared suddenly from the world economy

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[Great Depression] The Bonus Army

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March on DC where veterans protested in order to get their WW1 bonus checks early

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[Great Depression] FDR full name?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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10
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[Great Depression] FDR Years

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1933-1945

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11
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[Great Depression] FDR illness

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Polio

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12
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[Great Depression] the New Deal

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plan to recover from the Great Depression

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[Great Depression] New Deal Affect

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large-scale growth of the Federal Government

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[Great Depression] Social Security

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financial protections for people without work

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[Great Depression] FDR’s Court Packing Plan

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force retirement for Supreme Court Justices above the age of 70

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16
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[Great Depression] The Three R’s

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relief, reform, recovery

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