NAME CLASS DATE THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEGINSNEW DEAL FLASH

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gross national product

noun

total value of goods and services produced in a nation during a specific period

specific

adjective

particular

Herbert Hoover

proper noun

Republican candidate who easily won the presidential election of 1928

buying on margin

verb

buying stocks with loans from stockbrokers

Federal Reserve System

proper noun

serves as the nation’s central bank; sets policies to regulate the nation’s money supply

Black Tuesday

proper noun

the stock market collapse on October 29, 1929

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hobo noun	jobless, homeless wanderer during the Great Depression
Great Depression proper noun	the most severe economic downturn in the history of the United States
asset noun	financial holdings or resources
foreclosure noun	occurs when a lender takes over ownership of property from an owner who has failed to make loan payments
Hoovervilles proper noun	sprawling neighborhoods of shacks named for President Hoover, whom many blamed for the Great Depression
drought noun	period of below-average rainfall
Dust Bowl proper noun	parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas that were hardest hit by years of dust storms
Okie proper noun	insulting term for a migrant from the Great Plains
plight noun	bad situation
Woody Guthrie proper noun	singer-songwriter whose songs about the Dust Bowl describe the disaster’s effect on the people it touched

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associative state noun	President Hoover’s term for his vision of voluntary partnership between business associations and government
Hoover Dam proper noun	dam built in the Colorado River by private companies with funds provided by the Federal government
cooperative noun	an organization owned and controlled by its members who work together for a common goal
Reconstruction Finance Cooperation proper noun	federal agency that loaned money to banks and other struggling institutions during the Great Depression
clause noun	separate section of writing
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act proper noun	new tax that raised the cost of imported goods for Americans, making them more likely to buy cheaper American goods

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt proper noun	Democratic presidential nominee who defeated Hoover in the election of 1932
public works noun	government-funded building projects
fireside chat noun	radio address by President Roosevelt meant to sound as if he were in the listener’s living room
Eleanor Roosevelt proper noun	wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a powerful political force in her own right
Hundred Days proper noun	critical period of government activity when President Roosevelt pushed Congress to put in place key parts of his program
New Deal proper noun	Roosevelt’s wide range of measures to provide recovery from the Great Depression
subsidy noun	government payment
mandate verb	require
significant adjective	meaningful
Huey P. Long proper noun	Senator of Louisiana who believed Roosevelt’s policies were too friendly to banks and businesses
Father Charles Coughlin proper noun	Catholic priest who turned against President Roosevelt for not doing enough to curb the power of banks and businesses
Dr. Francis Townsend proper noun	critic of the New Deal whose ideas helped shape Roosevelt’s later policies

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Second New Deal proper noun	legislation that funded additional relief programs during the Great Depression
Social Security proper noun	government system which provides a pension for many people 65 and older
John L. Lewis proper noun	fiery speaker and organizer of the CIO
CIO proper noun	group that broke away from the AFL to form a new union of unskilled workers
sit-down strike noun	new kind of strike that required strikers to remain at the factory day and night until the dispute was settled
deficit noun	occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in through taxes and other income
John Maynard Keynes proper noun	British economist who believed that deficit spending could provide jobs and stimulate the economy
classical adjective	well known, original

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Marian Anderson

proper noun

internationally famous African American singer who suffered discrimination in the United States

minimum wage

noun

the lowest wage an employer can legally pay a worker

incumbent

noun

person presently in a political office

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