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History 12 Week 05 Boom and Bust
USA Boom and Bust
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03/04/2009

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isolationism

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policy of limited involvement in world affairs
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tariff
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an import tax
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Oct. 29, 1929

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remembered because of the New York Stock Market crash
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protectionism
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the use of tariffs to benefit a country's own industries
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Federal Emergency Relief Act

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act that provided $500 million in aid to the unemployed & needy
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gold standard
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tied the value of a country's currency to the value of its gold
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New Deal
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Rossevelt's policies to help ese the impact of the Depression
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Emergency Banking Act
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act that banned the export of gold and closed many financial institutions
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Tennessee Valley Authority

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established dams for irrigation and electricity
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Eleanor Roosevelt

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used her position as "First Lady" to promote social causes
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Dawes Plan

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sent $30 billion in aid to Germany in 1924
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buying on margin
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buying stock with personal funds and borrowed money
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laissez-faire
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a government policy of non-interference in the running of businesses
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Hoovervilles

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shanty-towns resulting from the Depression
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Social Security Act
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act that provided pensions to the elderly, widowed and disabled
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Herbert Hoover

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American president at the start of the Depression; voted out of office in 1933
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Franklin Roosevelt

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American president for most of the Depression and WW2
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Young Plan
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a plan to reduce German reparations by 75%
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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encouraged Americans to buy American-made goods
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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subsidized farmers to produce less food
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Works Progress Administration

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financed road, school, and hospital building
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National Recovery Administration
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abolished child labour, set up minimum wage plus eight hour day
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Civilian Conservation Corps

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provided work in countryside planting trees and reforestation
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