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1920's
Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Roosevelt's Three R's | this term describes the 3 goals of FDR's New Deal Program: relief, recovery, and reform |
| Soup Kitchens | these facilities were organized and sponsored by churches or charities during the Great Depression in an effort to feed the homeless and needy |
| Stock Market Crash | this was a famous dramatic loss of value in the shares of stock in the corporations that hit the US in 1929 |
| TVA | created by congress as one of the major public works projects of the new deal. This built a system of dams in the Southeast |
| Unemployment | this is the lack of jobs for willing workers |
| WPA | created in 1935 under the New Deal, it aimed to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression and preserved the skills and self-respect of unemployed workers by providing them work. |
| Gone with the Wind | this 1936 Civil War Era novel was written by Margaret Mitchell, and three years later became one of the most celebrated films of all time |
| Great Depression | this was a period of global economic crisis that lasted from 1929-1939. There was a widespread poverty and high unemployment |
| Herbert Hoover | he was the 31st President of the US. He was progressive, humanitarian, and Republican. He lost favor with the American public due to the Great Depression and his ill-fated technical solutions |
| Margaret Mitchell | this American author wrote the 1936 novel, Gone With the Wind |
| The New Deal | these were the programs and policies to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930's by President Franklin D Roosevelt |
| Jesse Owens | he was an American track star from Ohio State University that won 4 Gold Medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, all under the eye of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler |
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