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WWI to Great Depress
9 words (set 9)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend to grow a limited number of crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products |
| County Unit System | a political policy that gave each county a certain number of votes based on 3 categories (rural, town, or urban) |
| Social Security Act (SSA) | New Deal program that provided retirement & unemployment insurance for American taxpayers |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects |
| New Deal | name given to a series of federal programs created by President Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great Depression |
| Rural Electrification Act (REA) | New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas |
| overproduction | a situation in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them causing a decline in the price of the goods |
| reduction in purchasing | economic fears caused consumers to stop buying products which resulted in less jobs |
| bank failures | when banks ran out of reserves to pay customers who wanted to withdraw their money |