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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Black Thursday | The day the stock market crashed |
| Dust bowl | Extreme natural disaster caused by drought and over farming in the Midwest |
| Dorothea lange | Photographed the misery of the great deppression |
| Mexican repatriation | Created to send mexican american immigrants back to mexico to secure jobs for Anglo Americans. |
| Hooverville | Shanty towns of homeless and unemployed americans. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | DescriptionAnna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Social security administration | Oversees pension system for elderly and disabled 65 or older |
| FDIC | Agency insured individual bank deposits |
| SEC | Government agency that regulates the activities of stockbrokers and the stock market |
| Court packing scheme |