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AH M5L4 Key Terms
American History Module 5 Lesson 4 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Bonus Army | Group of WWI veterans who marched on the capitol to demand their bonus checks early. |
Hundred Days | FDR’s first days in office when many New Deal programs were introduced. |
Fireside Chats | National radio broadcasts for FDR to talk directly to the American public. |
Dust Bowl | Term used to describe the Midwest during the depression. Giant dust storms blanketed towns as a result of mineral depleted soil. |
Herbert Hoover | President at the beginning of the depression. |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff | Approved by Hoover in an attempt to increase demand for American goods. This tariff hurt the economy in the long run. |
Wagner Act | Made it legal for most workers to organize or join labor unions. |
New Deal Programs | Known as alphabet programs that addressed efforts of relief, recovery, and reform. |
Three R's | Roosevelt's agenda to pull the United States out of the depression. |
Keynesian Economics | The economic policy of government spending money to try and end the cycle of depression. |