Great Depression Vocab 1-25
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1928 election | Hoover v. Smith. Republicans identified with booming economy, Smith was against Catholics, prohibition, and had roots in Tammany Hall, which severely hurt his cause. |
| Herbert Hoover | 31st president, failure to end spiral into depression. |
| Black Thursday and Black Tuesday | Start of Wall Street Crash and the super crash. |
| Sect. of Treasury, Andrew Mellon | Secretary of Treasury for Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover |
| Federal Reserve | Central banking system of the US. Lots of policy change since GD. |
| Hawley-Smoot Taiff (1930) | A US legislative act that raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods. Severely hurt trade with Europe and helped magnify the GD to the rest of the world. |
| Margaret Sanger | Sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) | Independent agency of the US government, established and chartered by Congress. Modeled after War Finance Corp of WWI, the agency gave 2 billion to aid state and local govts. and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses. Most loans were repaid. |
| "Priming the pump" | Action taken to stimulate an economy through govt spending, and interest rate and tax reductions. |
| "rugged individualism" | Classical American motto and course of action to show a person is their own person. |
| Farm Holiday Association | Movement of midwestern US farmers endorsing a farmer's strike. Farmers countered by sheriffs, militia, and vigilante groups. |
| "Bonus Army" | WWI vets on strike forcible removed by military and police forces. |
| Stimson Doctrine | Policy of US govt of non-recognition of international territorial changes that were executed by force. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 32nd president, saves us from GD, wins WWII. Like a boss. |
| 1932 election | FDR kicks some Hoover ass. |
| "Fireside chats" | Chats over the radio of FDR to the nation. |
| Bank Holiday | Monday after fireside chat where tons of money is deposited, more than withdrawn. |
| Frances Perkins | US secretary of labor, helps pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. |
| "Brain Trust" | Term for group of advisers to a political candidate or incumbent president. |
| The Hundred Days | 100 days of intense bill passing to restablize the economy. woo, go FDR. |
| 20th Amendment | Established beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices. Deals with having no President-elect. |
| 21st Amendment | Repeals 18th amendment, huzzah for booze. |
| Schechter v. United States (sick chicken case) | Invalidated regulations of the poultry industry according to the nondelegation doctrine. |
| Francis Townsend | Influences FDR system of Social Security fund. |
| Father Charles Coughlin | Vocal supporter of FDR's new deal. |
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