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This method of stock buying focused on buying stocks on margin.
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Another name for the great drought in the Plains in the 1930's.
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President at the start of the Great Depression.
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Nickname for the tent and shack communities where many homeless people lived.
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Term for when one wins an election by a huge margin.
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What the stock market is called when the prices are rising?
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October 29, 1929
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What was the name of the long period of high unemployment and increased poverty in the 1930's and early 40's?
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The Great Depression spanned what period of 12 years?
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The name of the stock market when the prices are falling.
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A series of federal policies and programs instituted in 1932 to boost the economy and put unemployed people to work was known as this.
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The three R's on which the New Deal was based.
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| Relief, recovery, and reform |
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Act where the government gave loans to farmers, and the government paid farmers not to grow crops so food prices would go up.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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This program built hydroelectric dams to bring electricity to new parts of the South, including north Alabama, and to provide employment and cheap electricity.
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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This act provided retirement income for all workers once they reached the age of 65.
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Social Security Act (SSA)
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This act was created to monitor unfair business practices.
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National Labor Relations Act
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This act raised the minimum wage to 40 cents per hour, set maximum work hours at 44 hours per week, and ended child labor under the age of 16.
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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
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Provided employment for unmarried men between ages of 17-33. They worked in the national parks installing electric lines, building fire towers, and planting trees.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Established to insure depositors up to $100,000 in case of bank failure. Intended to prevent people from causing a run on the banks.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Established to provide jobs for unskilled workers. At one time it employed one-third of the nation, and constructed many government buildings during the 1930's.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
1935 |
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In these broadcasts, President Roosevelt spoke directly to the nation in order to bypass the press.
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