Great Depression

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  1. 1. Stalin - Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953
  2. 3. Relief- went to those in immediate and desperate need; however, work relief.
  3. 5. Packing - describe changes to the size of the Supreme Court
  4. 8. Long- Huey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. To stimulate the economy, the Share Our Wealth program called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution
  5. 10. Bowl- suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.
  6. 12. of Democracy- the collective efforts of American industry in supporting the Allies, which efforts tended to be concentrated in the established industrial centers of the U.S., such as Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and other places.
  7. 13. Security Act- This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and means-tested welfare programs
  8. 16. - One of the 3 R´s in the new deal
  9. 17. It was established after the collapse of many American banks during the initial years of the Great Depression
  10. 20. - Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
  11. 22. Act - given President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating the nation's official position of neutrality
  12. 23. - people started to be able to buy things with payments over time and not have to pay a flat out fee
  13. 24. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
  14. 27. - the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked
  15. 28. Mussolini- Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
  16. 29. spending - Roosevelt only increased the deficit by $3 billion a year to fight the Great Depression
  17. 31. Coughlin - a Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest who was based in the United States near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
  18. 32. Bonds - Americans bought the bonds to help the Government pay for the war
  19. 35. of Militarism in Japan - Japan wanted to expand in order to gain more natural resources and to create its own economic empire in the Pacific
  20. 36. Smoot Tariff - a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
  21. 39. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
  22. 42. Labor Relations Board- The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the federal government of the United States with responsibilities for enforcing U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices
  23. 43. aggression pact- A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other.
  24. 44. on Pearl Harbor- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor.
  25. 45. Tuesday #4- already dione.
  26. 46. Francis Townsend - American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression
  27. 47. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created the SEC, the legislation was designed to help investors feel more comfortable about putting their money back into the stock market.
  28. 49. Productions Board
  29. 50. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
Down
  1. 2. - to buy stock with the assumption that it can always be sold at a profit
  2. 4. Response- He asked individuals to tighten their belts and work harder, and he asked the business community to voluntarily help sustain the economy by retaining workers and continuing production.
  3. 6. Speech - given by U.S. President Franklin D. ... Roosevelt realized the impact that those witting in favor of isolationism had on the nation
  4. 7. Tennessee Valley Authority, was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt's Depression-era New Deal programs
  5. 9. Acts - making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms, or other war materials to belligerent nations
  6. 11. Service Act - The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service
  7. 14. Bowl- already done
  8. 15. Support - government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand
  9. 18. - effort to help the one-third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression. Relief was also aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans
  10. 19. began in early 1933, but the U.S. did not return to 1929 GNP for over a decade and still had an unemployment rate of about 15% in 1940, albeit down from the high of 25% in 1933.
  11. 21. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was established to work with the ... Censors on the job over a year became susceptible to depression
  12. 25. of Price Administration-The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government
  13. 26. - a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe
  14. 30. chats-a series of the evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944. ... On radio, he was able to quell rumors, counter conservative-dominated newspapers and explain his policies directly to the American people.
  15. 33. on margin - the buyer pays as little as 10% of the purchase price of the stock and borrows the rest from a broker
  16. 34. Project - code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II
  17. 35. the Riveter
  18. 37. Security - provided for unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and means-tested welfare programs
  19. 38. and Carry- Cash and Carry was a policy by US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced at a joint session of the United States Congress on September 21, 1939, subsequent to the outbreak of war in Europe
  20. 40. Charter - a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
  21. 41. Holiday - President Franklin Roosevelt declared a "banking holiday," ordering all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent. During the Great Depression, banks throughout the United States faced a financial crisis
  22. 47. Court and AAA-he Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses.
  23. 48. Tuesday - October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and the start of the great depression