The Great Depression

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Assembly line

Henry Ford used these to mass produce automoblies

Shares or stocks

Companies can sell these when they decide to become public and try to raise money

PWA-Public works administration

The new Deal program constructed highways and public building

Okie

People who moved west during the Dust bowl,many were from Oklahoma

Social security

What New Deal programs provided financial income for those who were unable to provide for themselves

“Through no fault of their own”

Currency

Coins and paper money

Stock market or Stock exchange

A particular place where stocks and bonds are traded

Scarcity

Inadequate supply of an item

Demand

A desire to purchase, coupled with the power to do so

Economics

The science that deals with the production, distribution, consumption of goods and services

Hoovervilles

There were groups of huts and shacks at the edge of cities, housing the unemployed during the 1930’s

Fireside chats

These were radio addresses given by the FDR

The New Deal

What was the name of the group of programs that the FDR came up with to get the U.S out of the Depression

Herbert Hoover

Which president believed it was up to private institutions to pull us out of the recession

Warren Harding

This president created more jobs by encouraging wealthy Americans to invest in businesses

The Great Deppression

This was a long and severe recession that started in 1929

Black Tuesday

This was the day that the stock mart crashed

Bonus Army

Hoover sent out the army to dispose of this Hooverville that was set up outside of Washington DC

Buying on Margin

Buying stocks on credit

Overproduction,Uneven Disruption of wealth,Declining world trade

3 causes of the Great depression

TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority’s

This New Deal Program built dams and generators to bring back electricity and jobs in Tennessee

CCC-civilian conservation corps

Which new deal program planted trees and did work on the national parks

Dust bowl

Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado were the 4 states that were hit hardest by the….

Drought,Cutting trees,Pulling long grasses,loose topsoil,weather patterns,Human environment interaction

Name causes of the dust bowl

1933

In what year did unemployment rate hit 25%