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Great Depression
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History
9th Grade
11/30/2010

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Black Tues
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October 29, 1929 stock market crash
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Great Depression
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worst economic downturn in US history

1229-1941

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Hoovervilles
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shelters of the homeless, nickname mocks president

 

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Dust Bowl
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region where so much soil blew out of the central and southern great plains
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Dorothea Lange
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photographer who photographed hundreds of migrant workers steaming to California from the Dust Bowl, showed the true side of the Great Depression
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Scottosboro Boys
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black youths from Sctossburo, Alabama who were accused of raping 2 white women, w/o an attorney 8 were sentenced to death Communists helped overturn the convictions but 4 of the boys spent many years in jail
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Penny Auctions

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farmers bid mere pennies for land and machines auctioned by the banks

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Hobos
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young people riding the rails who gaced many dangers
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Hoover Blankets
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old newspapers people huddled under
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Hoover Flags
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Empty pockets turned inside out
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21st Amendment
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repeals prohibition
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Empire State Building
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world's largest building millions pay to see this sign of hope
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'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
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Hoover's campain theme, song by Rudy Vallee from the broadway musical New Americana
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'Happy Days are Here Again"
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FDR's theme, Judy
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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highest import tax in history
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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RFC, gave the government credit to a number of institutions, such as large industries, railroads, and insurance companies
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John Maynard Keyes
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British economist, argued that massive government spending could help a collapsing economy and encourage private spending and production of services
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Bonus Army
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vets who wanted to recieve their bonus for being in WWI in advance which government strongly said no to
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Douglas McArthur
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president ordered him to clear Pennsylvania Avenue, but he decided to use force to drive the marchers out of Washington
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FDR
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democratic president w/ a new deal
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New Deal
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FDR's approach to fixing the Great Depression, put many people in work but gave the gov a more active role in peoples lives
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