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The Great Depression
1930s 8th grade project
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Social Studies
8th Grade
03/04/2013

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stock exchange
Definition
an organized system for buying and selling shares, or blocks of investments,in corporations
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declined
Definition
prices dropped
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defaulted
Definition
failed to meet loan payments
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collapsed
Definition
when banks broke down and depositors lost their money
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relief
Definition
aid for the needy
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public works
Definition
federal spending on projects such as highways, parks, and libraries--to create new jobs
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work relief
Definition
programs, giving needy people gov't jobs
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promote
Definition
help advance
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generating
Definition
creating
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migrant workers
Definition
moving from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables
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fascist
Definition
a political idea that the cuntry is more important than the people and is headed by a dictator
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pension
Definition
payment, for older, retired people
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unemployment insurance
Definition
payments to people who lost their jobs
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dictator
Definition
leaders who control their nations by force
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totalitarian
Definition
state, leaders crush all opposition and try to totally control all areas of society
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Hoovervilles
Definition
was a popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Definition
president during the Great Depression.
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Bonus Army
Definition
WW1 vets that marched to Washington D.C. to demand their money.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Definition
FDRS wife and partner in his public and political life.
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Hundred Days
Definition
Roosevelt's new econmic programs approved by Congress.
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The New Deal
Definition
FDR's program to help put people back in to work and to stabalize the economy
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