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holt am nation

chapter 13

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caused in part by global economic problems and consumer debt Great Depression
local mutual aid societies formed by Mexican American communities Mutualistas
an upward trend in stock prices Bull market
percentage of work force who lost their jobs during the depression one fourth (1/4)
provided money to RR, insurance companies and banks: provided no direct aid to industries or small businesses Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
voters blames Hoover for the Depression, FDR inspired voters, Hoovers popular support had eroded 1932 election
lost their land during the depression because they lacked money to pay their mortgages farm families
caused stock prices to rise above their true value speculative buying
court case that showed the growing power of the Communist party in the US Scottsboro Boys
boycotted companies who did not hire Mexican Americans, lobbied for expanded relief programs, encourage bilingual education for migrant children (person) Josefina Fierro de Bright
based government policy on his belief in rugged individualism Herbert Hoover
unemployed veterans who marched on DC to demand early payment of pension bonuses Bonus Army
purchasing stock with borrowed money margin buying
makeshift shelters, also known as Homerville's Shantytowns
provided money to savings banks, loan associations and insurance companies for low interest mortgages Home Loan Bank Act
Radios, movies and literature would all have been a part of this in the 1930's popular culture
provided enormous profits for investors as prices rose stock market
organized by local communities to provide food for the hungry breadlines
one way that people in Asian American communities helped to provide food for the hungry rice barrels
many unemployed took up this occupation to see them through the depression selling apples
faced discrimination during the depression African Americans
candidate who won the 1932 election in part because of voter dissatisfaction with the Republican handling of the depression Franklin Roosevelt
October 29, 1929 when investors sold over 16 million shares of stock and caused the market to sink even lower Black Tuesday
the belief that individual effort and private enterprise could best provide for the needs of the people rugged individualism
regular ups and downs of business in a free-enterprise economy business cycle
where the community would get together to pay someone's rent for a month rent parties
their number in the work force grew because they could be hired more cheaply than men women
were forced to leave crops to rot in fields and eventually leave their land rural farmers
most entertainment of the 1930's was this form Escapist
government program to buy excess food Agricultural Marketing Act
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