Great Depression, Allen
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| government paid farmers to produce less, prices would increase | ||
| October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed | ||
| WWI vets who went to Washington for their bonus; resulted in 4 deaths | ||
| hired single men (18-25) to work preserving natural resources for $1 a day | ||
| government spends more than it is taking in | ||
| Insured savings accounts in banks by the government | ||
| 1st female cabinet member | ||
| his "Share Our Wealth" program would have everyone a house, a car and $2500 a year | ||
| control producatio, set prices, wages, working conditions | ||
| They loaned money to banks, insurance companies, and railroads so that they would stay in business | ||
| old-age pensions, unemplyment insurance, medical insurance | ||
| built schools, hositpals, hired artists, writers, composers, photographers, etc. | ||
| Southern Great Plains region, when a severe drought and fierce winds let to violent dust storms that destroyed farmland, machinery, and houses. 800000 migrated toward west | ||
| the support of certain price levels at or above market values, such as by government purchase of surpluses | ||
| paying only a portion of a stock's true value to the broker. If the stock goes up, the broker makes a profit. If the stock goes down, the broker demands more money from the stockholder | ||
| the economic and political principles and policeis adopted by Pres. Roosevelt in the 1930's to advance economic recovery and soical welfare | ||
| the act passed in 1933 that prohibited banks from selling stock or financing corporations and that insured individual bank deposits throught the creation of the FDIC | ||
| the act passed by Congress in 1935 to revive many of the pro-labor provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act after the Supreme Court found the NIRA unconstitutional | ||
| created in 1935 to prevent unfair labor practices, such as coercion, the firing of employees who join unions, and the establishment of management-dominated unions | ||
| the congressional commission created in 1934 to administer the Securites Act requiring full financial disclusre by companies wishing to sell stock, and to prevent the unfair manipulation of stock exchanges | ||
| an arrangement in which a buyer pays later for a purchase. | ||
| a period, lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the US economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed. | ||
| Democratic presidential candidate in the 1928 election. | ||
| an involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit | ||
| a measure based ont he prices of the stocks of 30 large companies, used to measure the stock market's health. | ||
| law enacted in 1930 that established the highest protective tariff in US history, worsening the depression in American and abroad | ||
| a neighborhood in which people live in shacks | ||
| a place where free food is served to the needy | ||
| a line of people waiting for free food | ||
| the giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people | ||
| President at the start of the Great Depression | ||
| dam on the Colorado that was built as part of the public works program | ||
| law enacted in 1931 that lowered home mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their loans and avoid foreclosure | ||
| President elected in 1932 who is credited for helping get the US out of the Great Depression | ||
| 1933 act requires corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and makes them liable for misrepresentation | ||
| Wife to FDR known for her compassion and work to help the poor. | ||
| An agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression. | ||
| director of the Office of Minority Affairs in the National Youth Administration (highest African American in the Roosevelt administration) | ||
| Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs who introduced the Indian New Deal and pushed congress to pass Indian Reorganization Act | ||
| An alliance fo diverse groups who supporte the policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930's and 40's. | ||
| labor organization that broke away from the American Federation of Labor in 1938 | ||
| 1936 Novel about the south during the Civil War. Later a popular movie | ||
| "The War of the Worlds"—most famous radio broadcast—Invasion from Mars which aired on eve of Halloween 1938 | ||
| Artist who painted American Gothic—display of American life during the depression | ||
| Author or Native Son—African American writer who writes about trying to survive in a racist world | ||
| John Steinbeck's book about a family's journey west during the dust bowl. | ||
| Federal corporation est in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region |