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The Great Depression
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crash of 1929 | First event of a terrible depression. |
| Black tuesday | Stock market prices plummeted marking the beginning of the Great Depression. |
| 100 Days | A special session of Congress kept busy passing FDR's programs. |
| New Deal | Roosevelt's programs to fight the depression. |
| Bonus army | WW1 veterans who marched to Washington D.C to collect their promised bonuses early. |
| Second New Deal | Another set of programs to fight the depression passed in 1935. |
| Defict spending | Using borrowed money to pay for government programs. |
| Dust Bowl | Farms damaged across a large area of the mid-section of the United States. |
| States most effected by the Dust Bowl | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico |
| Migration Routes | Highways that became routes from the dust bowl to California and Oregon |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt... | Failed to back civil rights laws. |
| Most Northern State in Dust Bowl | North Dakota |
| African Americans began to support | Democrats |
| Sit-Down-Strike | Workers stop working but stay on job site. |
| Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) | Keeps an eye on the stock market. |
| Liberal | A political view that favors strong government action. |
| How entering WW2 helped end the Great Depression | The manufacturing of weapons created new jobs for many. |
| How Eleanor Roosevelt helped during FDR's presidencey | She went on tour, helped the poor, and supported women's rights. |
| How voting patterns changed for African Americans | They began to support the democrat FDR. |
| How FDR lost popularity with the American people | For adding more judges into the judicial system. |
| How did buying on margin contribute to the stock market crash? | People were borrowing 1/2 of the money had to sell it for less than they paid for it. |
| What results of the New Deal are in effect today? | *SEC, *A National Pension System SSA, and *Oversight of Labor Practices (Agricultural Price Supports, Protection For Savings, Regulation of the Stock Market. |
| How did Hoover and Roosevelt approach the problem of the Great Depression. | Hoover- Let it solve itself Roosevelt- Organized steps and government programs |
| Five main causes of the Great Depression | )Problems in farming and business )Stock market problems )Overstock of products and goods )Much debt )Low incomes |
| Three ways FDR dealt with the depression | )Closed banks and reopened good ones. )New Deals )100 days |
| Five Ways Americans were effected by the depression | )Many lost jobs )Many lost homes )Many went hungry )Children ran away )Left farms |
| Lasting effects of the depression | )Presidential power increased )FDIC insure banks )Social Security Act )Fear of losing money$. |
| The Great Depression occurred in the... | 1930s |
| Roosevelt's Plan | Relief, Recovery, and Reform |
| Blamed for the depression | Herbert Hoover |
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