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FlashCards por KAYDEN CRANE, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por KAYDEN CRANE
quase 6 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Stock Market Crash | A severe drop in stock values |
| Consumers | • People who buy stuff |
| The Dust Bowl | The great plains were a desert |
| Soup Kitchens | Served food to poor people |
| Bonus Army | WWI Vets--protested in Washington-- wanted bonus checks--got gassed |
| Shantytowns/Hoovervilles | Homeless settlements--named for President Hoover |
| Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) | President 1933-1945--Made “New Deal” reforms |
| New Deal | FDR’s Plan to end the Depression--greatly increased the size of the federal government Examples: CCC, FDIC, SEC, Social Security (slides about these to follow) |
| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps Government Program--jobs to young men on conservation projects |
| SEC | Securities & Exchange Commission Regulates the stock market to prevent abuse |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Insures bank deposits up to $250,000 |
| SSA | Social Security Administration Provides Old-Age and Disability insurance |
| Subsidy (Subsidies) | • Monetary support from the government • Examples: food stamps; the government giving farmers money to encourage them to grow certain foods |
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