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prog = program|proj = project|age = agency|N.D. = new deal|G.D. = great depression

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A long period of rising stock prices

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Bull Market

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Broker demand: investors deposit more money to cover potential losses in margin accounts

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Margin Call

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Buying stock by paying a small amt upfront and borrowing the rest

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Purchase on Margin

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October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, leading to the G.D.

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Black Tuesday

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A large number of bank customers simultaneously withdraw deposits

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Bank Run

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A line of people waiting to receive free food

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Breadline

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A place where free food and meals are given to poor people

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Soup Kitchen

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Homeless people put up shacks on unused or public lands

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Shantytowns
Hoovervilles

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A homeless and usually penniless wanderer

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Hoboes

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Severe drought and dust storms in central U.S. -by poor farming practices

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Dust Bowl

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Farmers from Oklahoma and the dust bowl who headed west for work

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Okies

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31st President -minimal government intervention -public works / relief efforts

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Herbert Hoover and his programs

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Government-funded construction projects -for jobs

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Public Works

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1932 -WWI veterans marched on Washington, D.C. -demand early bonus payments promised by gov

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Bonus Army

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Protests by unemployed workers / families demand food and jobs

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Hunger Marches

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32nd President -N.D. to give relief, recovery, and reform

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

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FDR wife -civil rights and social welfare - New Deal programs

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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17
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-lost homes / jobs -money trouble with limited government aid

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how the Great Depression affected American families

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Radio broadcasts by FDR -reassure people -explain his policies

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Fireside Chats

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progs / reforms by FDR to give relief, recovery, and reform

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Temporary closing of banks to prevent further panic withdrawals

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Bank Holiday

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FDR’s first 100 days, -N.D. progs to fight G.D.

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Hundred Days

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N.D. age -farmers renew loans / avoid foreclosure

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Farm Credit Administration (FCA)

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N.D. prog -pay to raise prices of crops -stabilize the agricultural market

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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1933 -money to reopen banks under strict conditions

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Emergency Banking Relief Act

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N.D. proj -employed men to work on environmental conservation projs

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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N.D. age -regulate industry -promote fair wages / working conditions

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National Recovery Administration (NRA)

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N.D. age -public works projs -millions of jobs

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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N.D. prog -flood control, electricity, and economic development -Tennessee Valley

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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1935 -law guaranteed workers’ rights to collectively unionize / bargain

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Wagner Act

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FDR’s proposal to expand the Supreme Court to ensure N.D. laws would stay

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Court Packing

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2nd phase of FDR’s N.D. -social welfare / labor rights -Social Security Act

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Second New Deal

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-widespread unemployment / homelessness / broken families -fostered resilience / new gov progs

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Impact of Great Depression upon All Americans

33
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Initial decline -no money made it hard for people to afford separating -later rose due to stress

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How did the Great Depression affect the divorce rate

34
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Immigrants forced or voluntary return to their home countries as jobs decreased (More Mexican Americans)

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Repatriation

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Novel by John Steinbeck -showed hardships of the Joad family during G.D. / Dust Bowl

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John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

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Gave an escape from life -major entertainment and propaganda

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Movies and Radio

37
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -insures bank deposits -protect depositors from bank failures

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Securities and Exchange Commission -gov age -regulate stock market / prevent fraud

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1933 -law separated commercial / investment banking -made FDIC

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Glass-Steagall Act

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Mass deportation of Mexicans -gov wanted to reduce job comp

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Mexican Repatriation

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-photos show hardship -raise awareness -support for reforms

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How photography impacted the Great Depression

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N.D. prog -financial assistance to retirees / unemployed / disabled

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Social Security

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Economic crash -by reduced gov spending / tightening credit

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Recession of 1937

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-wanted affordable housing -improve living conditions for low-income families with act

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Eleanor Roosevelt and the National Housing Act

Depression History (4 decks)

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