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The Depression Vocab

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a stock market with rising stock prices bull market
purchasing stocks on credit buying on margin
a stock market with declining stock prices bear market
economic pattern in which buinesses go through periods of prosperity and depression buiness cycle
the investing of money in a high risk venture in hope of making profit speculation
serious global ecnomic decline that began with the crash of the U.S stock market in 1929 great depression
group of WW1 veterans that marched on Washington D.C in 1932 to demand the immeditate payment of the government war bounses in cash bonus army
political system which the government control every aspect of citizens lives totalitarism
political theory that calls for a strong government headed by one individual and in which the state is more important then the individual Facism
President Franklin D. Roosevelts foregin policy of promoting better relations with Latin America by using economic influence Good Neighbor Policy
group of italians led by Benito Mussolini that gained power by the early 1920s blackshirts
National Socialist Party; political party grouped by Adolf Hitler that rose to power in Germany in the 1930s Nazis
military alliance formed by Italy and Germany in 1936; later joined by Japan and other countries. Fought against the allied powers during WW2 Axis Powers
"Night of Broken Glass" Nov 9, 1938-night when nazis killed or injured many jews and destroyed many jewish properties Kristallnacht
a group of expert policy advisers Brain Trust
in what years did the stock price increase rapidly? 1928 + 1929
believed the stock prices had reached a permently high plateu Irving Fisher
what year was the high point of the stock market? 1929
when did the stock market drop? October 23, 1929
What were the two ways the crash hurt banks. 1. banks had invested in heavily in stocks and suffered losses along with investors 2.customes also took heavy stock losses, leaving them unable to pay loans
what happned to buinesses when banks closed? they lost their corporate savings and operating accounts. whithout enough money to operate they closed down
what were the two mian causes of the depression? 1. overproduction 2. global trade problems
who did people blame for the depression? President Hoover
president Frankilin D. Roosevelts program for helping the U.S ecnomy duriong the Depression New Deal
who was in charge of the Civil Works Adminstration Harry Hopkins
program developed to help the region of the Tenesse Valley, one of the poorest, least developed parts of the U.S Tenessee Valley Authority
what did the (TVA) do? transformed ecnomic and social life of the region. built dams and created flood control and hydroelectric power.planted trees to prevent soil erosion
suspend antitrust laws and elimintate unfair comperition between employers National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
distrubet government funds to simulate the ecnomy-bulid government facitlites and highways Public Works Adminstration (PWA)
a cathloic preist in Detroit, wanted to nationalize all of americans wealth and natural resorce Father Charles E. Coughlin
an agency created to put american men and women to work Works Progress adminstration (WPA)
provided part time jobs to high school and college age youth National Youth Adminstration (NYA)
passed this to help the elderly people, disabile, children and job searchers Social Securtity Act
What were the three main parts of the social securtity act? 1. created pension system for retired workers over 65 years old. 2. offered un-employed short-term cash benefits while they looked for work 3. provided payments to women with dependent children as well as people with disabilities
who was the first female cabinet member in American History? Frances Perkins
made unions and collective bargaining-negoations between unions and owners legal National Labor Relatios Act
wanted to organize all workers in a paticular industry-skilled and unskilled into one union Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
the day the stock market lost $9 billion by noon black thursday
the day the stock market crashed black tuesday
_________wanted to tax the wealthy and provided for the poor Senator Huey Long
provided relif to the needy Federal Emergency Relif Admin.
employed young men onpublic works projects Civilian Conservation Corps
regulated industry and raised wadges and prices National Recovery Admin.
Built government facilities and highways to simulate ecnomny Public works adminstration
provided jobs buliding hospitals, shcools, parks, airports and roads Works Progress Admin.
provided part time work to youth National Youth Association
what did federal project one do? employed people in the arts
one major cause of tension in latin america was a lack of a large middle class
who brought the Mexican oil industry under national control in 1938 Laarzaro Cardenas
Who led the blackshirts and was given complete control of Italy? Benito Mussolini
Italy conqured _________ in 1935 Ethiopia
after invading Manchuria, Japan violated the Washington Conference by building a navy
who formed the axis powers italy and germany and later joined by japan
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