Roaring 20's Vocab Flashcards
1
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Bank holiday
A
Closing of banks for four days during the Great Depression
2
Q
Fireside chats
A
Radio speech given by president franklin. D Roosevelt while in office
3
Q
New deal
A
Program of president franklin.D Roosevelt to end the Great Depression
4
Q
Pensions
A
Sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire
5
Q
Wagner Act
A
Protected American workers from unfair management practices
6
Q
Social Security Act
A
A 1936 law that set up a system of pensions for older people and set up the nations first system of unemployment insurance
7
Q
Deficit spending
A
Government practice of spending more than is taken in from taxes
8
Q
National Debt
A
Total sum of money that government owes to others
9
Q
Dust Bowl
A
Region in the central Great Plains that was hit by a severe drought during the 1930’s
