Chapter 24

The Great Depression

Black Thursday

Black Tuesday

The Stock Market Crash

Farmers

Bankers

National Income

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Easy Credit

Speculation

Buying on the margin

Overproduction

Declining demand

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Lay offs and cut wages

The European Economy

Hoover’s response

Private sector initiative

Limited government intervention

Balanced federal budgets

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Hoovervilles

Hoover Valley

Hoover Blankets

The Bonus Army March (June 1932)

Douglas MacArthur

Depression Era Literature

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The Election of 1932

Franklin Roosevelt

The New Deal

Federal Economic Planning

Direct Relief

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The First Hundred Days

(March 9-June 16, 1933)

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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The Home Owners Loan Corporation

The Farm Credit Administration

Public Works Administration (PWA)

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Summer 1933

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The Effects of the AAA

The Dust Bowl

Tenants and sharecroppers

Migratory Farm Laborers

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Communism in America

The American Liberty League

Fireside Chats

Charles Coughlin

Francis Townsend

Huey Long

“Share our wealth”

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The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act (1935)

The Works Progress Administration (WPA)

The Second New Deal

The Resettlement Administration

The National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

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The Revenue Act (1935)

The Social Security Act (1935)

Old Age Pensions

The Election of 1936

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The New Deal and the Environment

The New Deal and the West

The New Deal and Native Americans

John Collier

The Commission of Indian Affairs

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FDR’s Court Packing Scheme

The Roosevelt Recession

Social Security Deductions

The Housing Act (1937)

The Fair Labor Standards Act (1938)

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The Psychological Impact of the Great Depression

Female Workers

Marriage Rates

Birth Rates

Divorce Rates

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Labor Union Membership

John L. Lewis

Sidney Hillman

The Committee For Industrial Organization

General Motors

Ford

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Popular Entertainment

Comedies

Soap Operas

The Marx Brothers

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