Great Depression Flashcards

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Events that serve as tools that determine if stock is going up or down or how well/not business is doing

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Economic indicators

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Used to crate jobs and improve the community for ex: building roads business benefit for providing materials but govt in debt for spending for supplies and wadges

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Public works

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Reasons why stock market crashed?

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Over spending
Over valued
Unregulated stock market
Unstable banks
Banks structure
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Govt loans $ 2 big business and eventually go to the people

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Trickle down economic

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Getting a loan from bank to buy stocks

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Ppl buying on margin

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When ppl breath in nitrates from the dust bowl

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Dust namonia

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Men who jumped on trains to find a job

Had their language

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Hobo

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When u take a loan from a bank and use it on goods

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Ppl buying on credit

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When a broker devices a client by trying to inflate the stock price

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Speculation

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When one person has privileged info about a co

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Insider trade

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A very long drought Prob for farmers

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Dust bowl

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Causes of dust bowl

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Drought
No crop rotations
Govt encouraged to expand
No irrigation

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WWI veterans who marched up to White House and demand their bonus

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The bonus army

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We’re “shanties” or shacks the homeless made. Tried to b next to transportation and/or big cities

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Hoovervilles

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Long lines waiting outside closed banks and lines for food

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Unemployment lines

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A neg word toward farmers moving to CA bc the were “dirty farmers”

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Emergency banking relief act

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A “bank holiday” all banks ordered to close for 4 days

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Federal emergency relief act FERA

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Crated states employement agencies in each state to assist in govt job programs 1st welfare

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Civilian conservation corps CCC

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Used young men to plant trees, develop parks, lodges, cabins etc…

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Agricultural adjustment act AAA

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Used to get rid of surplus and store in warehouse to get the money they taxed farm buianess corporation

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National industrial recovery act NIRA

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Regulate business and regulate prices, and general trade practices VETO

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Public works administration PWA

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Construction jobs

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Tennessee valley authority TVA

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Farm jobs helped poor farmers in application mts

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Glass steagall act GSA

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Reestablished federal reserve system and created the FDIC

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Security and exchange commission SEC
Regulates stock margin, no more insider trade, brokerage firms, and is more specific in buying on margin
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Civil works administration CWA
Seasonal works for jobs, busy joble like raking leaves
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Federal communication commission FCC
Govt regulated business regulated telegraph radio and telephone companies
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Works progress administration WPA
Construction jobs and artist jobs
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Resettlement act RA
Dust bowl farmers and relocate them
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Social security administration SSA
Old and disabilities had something like Medicare
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National youth administration NYA
Young ppl 4 jobs
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National labor relations act NLRA
Regulate business replaces NIRA right to collective bargaining/right to unionize
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National housing act
Housing and banks a 60 yr loan to pay off ur house
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Public utilities holding company administration PUHCA
Regulate business set prices of gas electricity etc...
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Second agricultural adjustment act
Replaced AAA way to get rid of the surplus and store in warehouse and taxed ppl for the money
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Fair labor standards act FLSA
Replace NIRA regulate business and regulated wages, hrs, and age