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UNIT.5 1930's vocab
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- 1Stock Market CrashA severe drop in
stock values - 2Consumers• People who buy stuff
- 3The Dust BowlThe great plains were a desert
- 4Soup KitchensServed food to poor people
- 5Bonus ArmyWWI Vets--protested in Washington--
wanted bonus checks--got gassed - 6Shantytowns/HoovervillesHomeless settlements--named for
President Hoover - 7Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)President 1933-1945--Made “New Deal”
reforms - 8New DealFDR’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) - 9CCCCivilian Conservation Corps
Government Program--jobs to young men
on conservation projects - 10SECSecurities & Exchange Commission
Regulates the stock market to prevent
abuse - 11FDICFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insures bank deposits up to $250,000 - 12SSASocial Security Administration
Provides Old-Age and Disability insurance - 13Subsidy (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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