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Great Depression and New Deal
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Was a series of economic programs that were implanted in the US. They were passed by the congress and these programs were responds for the great depression.
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Great Depression
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A severe and worldwide economic crisis that happended during WWII. It was the deepest depression the 20th century.
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Black Tuesday
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This is the date of the most famous stock market crash in history. Stocks lost 13% of their value on Black Tuesday. The date is considered the beginning of the Great Depression.
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Dust Bowl
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This was a period of severe dust storms. It caused major damage to the American and Candian praeries. It was caused by a severe drought.
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Gross National Product
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is the market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor and property supplied by the residents of a country.
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Herbert Hoover
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the 31st President of the United States. Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author. Also, he promoted government and business.
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war.
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20th Amendment
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The amendment moved the date on which new presidential and vice presidential terms begin as well as the date for beginning new congressional terms.
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New Deal
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a series of economic programs implemented in the United States. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Frances Perkins
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the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.
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Fireside Chats
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A series of 30 evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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FDIC
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is a United States government corporation created by the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks.
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Public Works Administration
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was part of the new deal and was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in response to the great depression.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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a public work relief program in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men, ages 17–25. A part of the New Deal. it provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources.
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Schechter v. U.S
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a decision by the supreme court in the US that invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine.
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Securities Exchange Commission
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Is a federal agency that hold the responsibility of enforcing the federal security and regulation laws and industries.
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Second New Deal
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the term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Works Progress Administration
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was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects.
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Wagner Act 1935
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US federal law that limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector who create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining.
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Social Security Act 1935
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a social insurance program that is funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Tax deposits are formally entrusted to the Federal Old-Age.
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Huey Long
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he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in presidential election, Long split with Roosevelt and planned to mount his own presidential bid.
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John L. Lewis
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an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America
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