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The Great Depression
stock market crash/depression
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6th Grade
03/17/2010

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SSA
Definition
Social Security Act
help the widespread poverty among senior citizens
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WPA
Definition
works public administration
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SEC
Definition
Securities and Exchange commission monitored the stock company
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FDIC
Definition
Federial Deposit Insurance Corp protected bank depositor's money in case the bank failed
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CCC
Definition
Civilian conservation Corps
work relief jobs-building bridges, hospitals parks, etc
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New Deal
Definition
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Definition
elected in 1932-inaugurated in 1933
brought in New Deal and alphabet soup agencies to relieve economic disasters
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Hundred Days
Definition
time when FDR created the alphabet soup agencies-FDR sent congress a pile of new bills to help the people
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Dust Bowl
Definition
in midwest-effects were nationwide
caused by abuse of farmland
soil turned to powdery dust
prarie winds made dust storms
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Hoovervilles
Definition
unequal distribution of wealth-people lost homes and had to live wherever they could in boxes and in shantys
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Hoover Blankets
Definition
newspapers used as blankets during depression
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Hoover flags
Definition
empty pockets
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Fireside Chats
Definition
radio broadcasts by FDR to communicate information to the american people
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stock Market
Definition
place where shares of businesses' are bought and sold
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Crash of 1929
Definition
Oct 29, 1929 stock market fell-billions of dollars were lost-rich people lost everything. People who bought stocks and borrowed money from banks to pay for them lost money and could not pay the banks back. Banks lent people money with customers savings, which caused the customers to become bankrupt.
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Bank industry collapse
Definition
people couldn't pay back loans, 25% of banks cloaed by 1932
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Federal Reserve Board
Definition
no regulations to protect people money in the banks-weak and unenforced rules
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promised cash bonuses
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ww I solderiers were not given their cash bonuses and they protested
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pwa
Definition
public works administration
helped build housing for poor
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FHA
Definition
Federal Housing Adminstrationpeople paid small amount of money for a down payment on a house. Guarantee against people losing their homes
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AAA
Definition
Agricultural Adjustment Act adjusted farmer's production of stuff-governmemt paid farmers to plant fewer crops
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NYA
Definition
National Youth Administration-
provided financial and work assistance to unemployed youth and money to help them with college
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themes of depression
Definition
economic, agricultural, psychological
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causes of great depression
Definition
crash of stock market
overproduction of goods
abouse of farmland
unequal distribution of wealth
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President during beginning of depression
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Herbert Hoover
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10/29/1929
Definition
black tuesday-stock market crashed-people went to banks to get their money-banks closed-people lost all their money
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margin buying
Definition
buying stocks using bank loans
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industrial responses to overproduction
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factories closed because they had too many goods-people lost jobs-rise in unemployment
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unbalanced wealth
Definition
1 % of the people had 59% of the wealth in the U.S.
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Three R's of the Hundred Days
Definition
Recovery-help for industry and agriculture
Reform-change in way our economy worked
Relief-helped hungry and homeless
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second new deal
Definition
5 new programs passed including welfare and social security reform 1935
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