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VII-1: Great Depression & the New Deal
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01/14/2005

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This method of stock buying focused on buying stocks on margin.
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Stock Market Speculation
Term
Another name for the great drought in the Plains in the 1930's.
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Dust Bowl
Term
President at the start of the Great Depression.
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Herbert Hoover
Term
Nickname for the tent and shack communities where many homeless people lived.
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Hoovervilles
Term
Term for when one wins an election by a huge margin.
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Landslide
Term
What the stock market is called when the prices are rising?
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Bull Market
Term
What was the date of the stock market crash that began the Great Depression?VII-1
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October 29, 1929
(Black Tuesday)
Term
What was the name of the long period of high unemployment and increased poverty in the 1930's and early 40's?
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The Great Depression
Term
The Great Depression spanned what period of 12 years?
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1929-1941
Term
The name of the stock market when the prices are falling.
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Bear Market
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A series of federal policies and programs instituted in 1932 to boost the economy and put unemployed people to work was known as this.
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The New Deal
Term
The three R's on which the New Deal was based.
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Relief, recovery, and reform
Term
Act where the government gave loans to farmers, and the government paid farmers not to grow crops so food prices would go up.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
1933
Term
This program built hydroelectric dams to bring electricity to new parts of the South, including north Alabama, and to provide employment and cheap electricity.
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
1933
Term
This act provided retirement income for all workers once they reached the age of 65.
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Social Security Act (SSA)
1935
Term
This act was created to monitor unfair business practices.
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National Labor Relations Act
(Wagner Act) 1935
Term
This act raised the minimum wage to 40 cents per hour, set maximum work hours at 44 hours per week, and ended child labor under the age of 16.
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
1938
Term
Provided employment for unmarried men between ages of 17-33. They worked in the national parks installing electric lines, building fire towers, and planting trees.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
1933
Term
Established to insure depositors up to $100,000 in case of bank failure. Intended to prevent people from causing a run on the banks.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) 1933
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Established to provide jobs for unskilled workers. At one time it employed one-third of the nation, and constructed many government buildings during the 1930's.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
1935
Term
In these broadcasts, President Roosevelt spoke directly to the nation in order to bypass the press.
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