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- 3. Relief was the immediate effort to help the one-third of the population that was hardest hit by the depression.
- 6. policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- 9. of Democracy-the collective efforts of American industry in supporting the Allies
- 12. and Carry-a system of wholesale trading whereby goods are paid for in full at the time of purchase and taken away by the purchaser
- 13. ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.
- 14. Tuesday- October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
- 16. a reformation of the financial systems to prevent a economic failure from happening again
- 19. chats- one of a series of radio broadcasts made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the nation, beginning in 1933.
- 25. defined as a political movement that embraces far-right nationalism and the forceful suppression of any opposition
- 27. Relief- Practice of the government giving money or aid to those hurt by depression.
- 28. Bowl- an area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion (caused by windstorms) in the early 1930s, which obliged many people to move.
- 29. aggression pact-a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other
- 32. investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
- 35. Security Act- the new Act created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement.
- 39. policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation in order to prevent war
- 41. Project-the code name for the American-led effort to develop a functional atomic weapon during World War II
- 42. the legislation was designed to help investors feel more comfortable about putting their money back into the stock market.
- 44. the years after the relief programs aided many Americans back to financial stability
- 45. Charter-a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II
- 46. Francis Townsend- was an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression.
- 47. Smoot Tariff- a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States
- 49. women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary uni
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- 1. Long- nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932
- 2. the Riveter-an allegorical cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II
- 4. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is one of two agencies that provide deposit insurance to depositors in American depository institutions, the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures credit unions
- 5. Productions Board-an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II
- 7. on Pearl Harbor-a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
- 8. Coughlin- commonly known as Father Coughlin or the radio priest, was a Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest who was based in the United States near Detroit
- 10. Court and AAA- brought relief to farmers by paying them to curtail production, reducing surpluses, and raising prices for agricultural
- 11. Service Act-The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service
- 15. Mussolini-Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party
- 17. large-scale public works construction agency in the United States
- 18. Speech-given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 5, 1937 in Chicago, calling for an international "quarantine" against the "epidemic of world lawlessness"
- 20. spending- government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation.
- 21. Tennessee Valley Authority, was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt's Depression-era New Deal programs, providing jobs and electricity to the rural Tennessee River Valley
- 22. on margin- borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock.
- 23. of Militarism in Japan-The notion that expansion through military conquest would solve Japan's economic problems gained currency during the Great Depression of the 1930s
- 24. Acts- An act that tried to keep the United States out of war, by making it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms
- 26. 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
- 30. Packing- a court and especially the United States Supreme Court by increasing the number of judges or justices in an attempt to change the ideological makeup of the court
- 31. Stalin-Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who governed the Soviet Union
- 33. Support- government assistance in maintaining the levels of market prices regardless of supply or demand.
- 34. Lease 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
- 36. Holiday- a day on which banks are officially closed, observed as a public holiday
- 37. Response-His initial response of asking Americans to find their own paths to recovery and seeking voluntary business measures to stimulate the economy could not stem the tide of the Depression.
- 38. 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
- 40. Security- any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income.
- 43. system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
- 48. of Price Administration-was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941.