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| A business owned by investors who buy part of the company through shares of stock. |
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| Buying and selling of stock in the hope of making a quick profit. |
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| To use borrowed money to fund government programs (spending more government money than what the government takes in in tax dollars) |
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| Franklin Roosevelt's radio broadcasts in which he explained his policies |
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| President Franklin Roosevelt's programs to fight the Great Depression |
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| The Democrat President who created the "New Deal" |
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| A name given to October 29, 1929 when stock prices fell sharply |
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| The area of dust/damaged farms across a 150,000sq/mile region during the early 1930's |
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| A period lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the U.S. economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed |
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| CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.) |
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| A part of the New Deal that provided jobs to young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks. They also set up flood control projects. |
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| 1935 Set up a system of government money for elderly, unemployed, and handicapped people. |
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| Republican President who believed in Laissez-Faire, "rugged individualism," and trickle-down economics |
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| WPA (Works Progress Administration) |
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| Employer men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports. |
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| FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) |
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| Insured savings acounts in banks; approved by the government |
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| AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) |
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| TPaid farmers not to grow certain crops (drives up the price) |
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