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| October 29, 1929 stock market crash |
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worst economic downturn in US history
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shelters of the homeless, nickname mocks president
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| region where so much soil blew out of the central and southern great plains |
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| photographer who photographed hundreds of migrant workers steaming to California from the Dust Bowl, showed the true side of the Great Depression |
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| black youths from Sctossburo, Alabama who were accused of raping 2 white women, w/o an attorney 8 were sentenced to death Communists helped overturn the convictions but 4 of the boys spent many years in jail |
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farmers bid mere pennies for land and machines auctioned by the banks |
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| young people riding the rails who gaced many dangers |
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| old newspapers people huddled under |
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| Empty pockets turned inside out |
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| world's largest building millions pay to see this sign of hope |
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| 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" |
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| Hoover's campain theme, song by Rudy Vallee from the broadway musical New Americana |
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| 'Happy Days are Here Again" |
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| highest import tax in history |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
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| RFC, gave the government credit to a number of institutions, such as large industries, railroads, and insurance companies |
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| British economist, argued that massive government spending could help a collapsing economy and encourage private spending and production of services |
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| vets who wanted to recieve their bonus for being in WWI in advance which government strongly said no to |
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| president ordered him to clear Pennsylvania Avenue, but he decided to use force to drive the marchers out of Washington |
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| democratic president w/ a new deal |
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| FDR's approach to fixing the Great Depression, put many people in work but gave the gov a more active role in peoples lives |
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