Social Studies Flashcards
Buying on margin
The purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest
Black Tuesday
October , 29 1929 date of the worst stock market crash in American history and beginning of the Great Depression
Business cycle
Fluctuations in economic activity such as employment
Bonus Army
A group of World War I veterans that demanded their bonus payments early
Great Depression
A serve economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of 1930s
Franklin D Roosevelt
President of the US during most of the Depression and most of the World War II
New Deal
was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
Fireside Chats
a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
Frances Perkins
was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S.
Elenor Roosevelt
was an American political figure, diplomat and activist.
Social Security Act
a law enacted in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people.
Congress of Industrial Organizations
was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955.
Sit down strike
is a labour strike and a form of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers, usually employed at factories or other centralized locations.
Dust Bowl
was originally a reference to the geographical area affected by the dust, today it usually refers to the event itself (the term “Dirty Thirties” is also sometimes used).The drought and erosion of the Dust Bowl .
