The Great Depression

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  1. 3. ______ was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
  2. 4. ______________was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office, making her the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
  3. 5. A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price, with the intent of then returning the property to its
  4. 7. _____________was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.
  5. 8. _____________was an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression. Known as the "Townsend Plan", this proposal influenced the establishment of the Roosevelt administration's Social Security system.
  6. 9. ____is borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock. You can think of it as a loan from your brokerage. Margin trading allows you to buy more stock than you'd be able to normally.
  7. 10. The ______ _____ was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C. in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service certificates.
  8. 12. _________________ was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  9. 14. ___ _____________to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.
  10. 16. __________________ often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until he died in 1945.
  11. 17. ______services are provided by some large financial institutions, such as banks, insurance companies, and investment houses, whereby they guarantee payment in case of damage or financial loss and accept the financial risk for liability arising from such a guarantee.
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  1. 1. _______________ was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration.
  2. 2. ____________________was a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses.
  3. 6. _____ is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them". There were no mechanisms for enforcement.
  4. 11. _____was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
  5. 13. _____is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition,3 and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
  6. 15. The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.