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US History CH12&13
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| practice of making high-risk investments in hope of obtaining large profits | speculation |
| October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply in the Great Crash | Black Tuesday |
| periodic growth and contraction of the economy | business cycle |
| period asting from 1929 to 1941 in which the US economy faltered and unemployment soared | Great Depression |
| line of people wating for food handouts from charities or public agencies | bread line |
| term used to describe makeshift shantytowns set up by homeless people during the Great Depression | Hooverville |
| worked for bigger landowners rather than themselves | tenant farmers |
| term used frr the central and southern Great Plains during the 1930s when the region suffered from drought and dust storms | Dust Bowl |
| general term used to describe Dust Bowl refugees | Okies |
| process by which Mexican Americans were encourgaed, or forced, by local, state, and federal officials to return to Mexico during the 1930s | repartriation |
| policy relied on by President Hoover in the early years of the Depression whereby local and state governments act as primary agents of economic relief | localism |
| federal agency set up by congress in 1932 to provide emergency governemnt credits to banks, railroads, and other large businesses | Reconstruction Finance Cooperation (RFC) |
| economic theory that holds that money lent to banks and businesses will trickle down to consumers | trickle-down economics |
| dam on the Colorado River that was built during the Great Depression | Hoover Dam |
| group of WW1 veterans who marched on Washington D.C., in 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus promised them by Congress | Bonus Army |
| programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform | New Deal |
| informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans | fireside chat |
| government agency that insures bank deposits, gur=arenteeing that depositers' money will be safe | Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation (FDIC) |
| agency that built dams in the Tennesse River valley to contol floods and to generate electric power | Tennesse Valley Authority(TVA) |
| New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on enviromental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control | Civilian Conservtion Corps (CCC) |
| developed codes of fair competition to govern whole industries | Nationl Recovery Administration (NRA) |
| built bridges, dams, power plants, and government buildings | Public Works Administration (PWA) |
| addressed the problems of the elderly, the poor, and the unemplyed; created new public-wroks projects; helped farmers; and enacted measures to protect workers' rights | Second New Deal |
| built of improved a good part of the nation's highways, dredged rivers and harbors, and promoted soil and water conservation | Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
| putting people to work on public projects put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more goods, stimulating the economy | pump priming |
| crated insurance for victims of work-related accidents and provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blin, and disabled | Social Security Act |
| recognized the right of employees to join labor unions and gave the workers the right to collective bargining | Wagner Act |
| employers had to negotiate with unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions | collective bargaining |
| established a minimum wage, initially at 25 cents per hour, and a mac=ximum workweek of 44 hours | Fair Labor Standards Act |
| labor organization founded in the 1930s that represented unskilled industrial workers | Congress of Industiral Organization (CIO) |
| workers refuse to leave the work place until a settlement is reached | sit-down strike |
| FDR plan to add up to six new justices to the nine member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was unconstitutional | court packing |
| group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisers to FDR | Black Cabinet |
| 1930s legislation that gave Indians greater control over heir affairs and provided funding for schools and hospitals | Indian New Deal |
| political froce formed by diverse groups who united to support FDR and his New deal | New Deal coalition |
| government that assures responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, and unemployed | welfare state |
| one of the most memorable depression-era films | The Wizard of Oz |
| a drama that was so realistic that many people believed that Martians were actually invading | War of the Worlds |
| offered a variety of job opportunities to artists | Federal Art Project |
| a large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling | mural |
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