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5 causes of gd

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unregulated financial institutions, overproduction, high tariffs, maldistribution of wealth, bad monetary policies

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banks and stock market; unstable groups took money

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unregulated financial institutions

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when investors borrow money from broker to buy stocks. resulted in overvalued stocks

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on margin

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a nickname for 10/29/29, when many pulled out of stocks

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black tuesday

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when companies make too much or consumers buy too little

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overproduction/underconsumption

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passed in the 20s and 30s to protect american business

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high tariffs

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an act used to protect american business but instead resulted in a trade war

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smoot-hawley tariff act

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the rich and poor gap was wide in 20s, and wealthy can only consume so much

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maldistribution of wealth

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the fed implemented these (like more expensive borrowing), making depression worse

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bad monetary policies

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a result of farmers planting on thin and dry soil. created dust storms after windy drought

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dust bowl

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people from oklahoma and arkansas respectively. most headed west to escape dust bowl

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okies and arkies

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folk singer-songwriter who mostly wrote about socialism and anti-fascism

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woodie guthrie

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an american realist novel related to the south in the gd. written by john steinbeck

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the grapes of wrath

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he wrote the grapes of wrath

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john steinbeck

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ran for cali gov to eliminate poverty

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upton sinclair

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conservative republican president from 29-33

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herbert hoover

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corp made by hoover to loan businesses money

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reconstruction finance corperation (rfc)

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homeless encampments/shantytowns named to mock hoover

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hoovervilles

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president from 33-45 who solved lots of gd problems

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franklin roosevelt (fdr)

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the first 3 months of fdrs presidency in which congress was very active. 15 major programs were passed

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first hundred days

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the second stage (35-36) of fdrs new deal programs

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second new deal

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the 3 Rs fdr wanted to solve with the new deal programs

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relief, reform, recovery

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this, designed to end bank runs, declared a bank holiday and gave federal cash to struggling banks

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emergency banking relief act

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this shut down bank systems for a week via emergency banking relief act

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bank holiday

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this set wages/prices for businesses and gave workers more rights

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national industrial recovery act

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an agency designed to restrict market manipulation and regulate the market

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securities and exchange comission

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paid farmers to not plant and kill livestock to reduce supply and raise prices

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agricultural adjustment act

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this funded both public works and art

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works progress administration

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this gave insurance against unemployment (and created the SS program)

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social security act

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helped workers with labor actions and grievances

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national labor relations board

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built flood control dams and gave tennessee hydroelectric powers

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tennessee valley authority

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part of the glass-steagall act which gave government insurance of bank deposits

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federal deposit and insurance corperation

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this created the federal deposit & insurance corp and separated types of banking

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glass-steagall act

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this gave $500 million of direct relief to the poor

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federal emergency relief act

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allowed collective bargaining and unions

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wagner act

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when workers bargain as a group

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collective bargaining

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gave federal public work jobs for 250,000 men

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civilian conservation corps

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created a plan to give everyone over 60 extra pension

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francis townshend

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believed the entire bank system needed to be reformed

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father charles coughlin

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he wanted the ‘share our wealth’ program

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huey long

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huey long’s program that distributed money evenly among people

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share our wealth

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share our wealth’s slogan

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every man king

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the main right-leaning critic of fdr’s plan

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supreme court

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they wanted lower taxes and less regulations. critics of fdr’s plans

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american liberty league

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the more aggressive counterpart of the AFL that used strikes

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congress of industrial organizations

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the less aggressive union that used strikes as a last resort

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american federation of labor

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primarily used by CIO to get workers rights

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strikes

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