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Chapter 17-19
Great Depression & New Deal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Warren B. Harding | Tea Pot Dome, said to be a Bad President that Took bribes was the 29th President |
| Herbert Hoover | 1928 Great Depression |
| Charles Lindbergh | "Lone Eagle" Had the first solo flight accross theAtlantic ocean. |
| Susan B. Anthony | She was a part of woman's suffrage. She was an American Social Reformat |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President that took part in the New Deal |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | She was a delegate of the united nations in 1946 Longest standing 1st lady |
| Flappers | 1920s Generation of drinkers and party people |
| Prohibition | A time period that drinking was not allowed |
| Hoovervilles | Towns built in the depression for the poor people |
| Installment Buying | Credit |
| Isolationism | national policy of avoiding involvement of world affairs |
| Buy Stock on the Margin | paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrow the rest |
| Speculation | buy stock stock with the anticipation that the stock will rise |
| Bonus Army | Vets marching to Washington DC to protest government to get their pay out |
| Dust Bowl | winds taking the soil off of the land of the great plans |
| Red Scare | fear of communism and the fear that communism would try and seize power |
| Black Tuesday | Wall Street crashes |
| Relief, Reform, Recovery | help the needy & strengthen the economy in hopes to lead to new jobs in hopes depression would not occur again |
| Fireside Chats | radio broadcasts made by Roosevelt |
| Court-Packing Scheme | Leader chaining the judiciary system by appointing judges |
| Civilian Conservation Corp | New deal idea that would employ young men to work under the forestry service planting trees and fighting fires |
| Social Security Act | Finical Security for americans, employed workers that are 65+ |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Regulates that stock market and stops fraud |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Part of the new deal that built dams to control floods and help with electricity |
| Federal Deposite and Insurance Corporation | guarantees deposits to bank members |