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USH A Unit 5

Unit 5

TermDefinition
Stock Market Crash (1929) Event in October 1929 when stock values collapsed and millions lost investments.
Overspeculation Risky stock purchases made with borrowed funds, hoping prices would rise.
Buying on Margin Buying stocks by paying only a small part up-front and borrowing the rest.
Bank Failures When banks ran out of cash because depositors rushed to withdraw their money.
Smoot-Hawley Tariff High import tax that reduced world trade and deepened the Depression.
Hoovervilles Shantytowns built by homeless families during the Great Depression.
Dust Bowl Environmental disaster on the Great Plains caused by drought and poor farming practices.
Mexican Repatriation Policy that pressured or forced Mexican and Mexican-American families to return to Mexico.
Herbert Hoover President who believed in “rugged individualism” and limited federal aid.
Franklin D. Roosevelt President elected in 1932 who expanded federal action to fight the Depression.
New Deal FDR’s collection of programs designed to provide jobs and restore confidence.
Relief, Recovery, Reform The three main goals of FDR’s programs—help people now, rebuild the economy, and reform systems.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) New Deal agency that hired young men to plant trees and work on outdoor projects to aid job growth during the Depression.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Agency that built dams and provided electricity in rural Southern areas.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Program that gave jobs building roads, bridges, and public buildings.
Social Security Act (SSA) Law creating a retirement program for seniors.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Federal agency that regulates the stock market and protects investors.
Court-Packing Plan Plan in which FDR tried to add more justices to the Supreme Court to support his policies.
Dorothea Lange Photographer who documented Dust Bowl hardships through powerful images.
Deficit Spending Government policy of spending more money than it collects in taxes to create jobs and improve the economy during the Great Depression.
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