| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Overproduction | Caused farmers to recieve low prices for crops |
| Unregulated stock market | Led to practices such as speculation, buying on a margin and abuse of credit which casued "Black Tuesday" |
| "Black Tuesday" | Stock market crash, immediate cause of the great depression |
| Causes of the Dust Bowl | Overproduction & Drought |
| Location of he Dust Bowl | Mid West |
| President Hoover | Rebublican who was blamed for the Great Depression |
| "Hoovervilles" | Shantytowns were the unemployed lived |
| Bonus Army | WWI veterans who were mistreated by Hoover |
| Deficit Spending | When the govt. spends more money than it takes in by taxes, causes a national debt |
| Federal Depository Insurance Corp (FDIC) | Restored people's faith in the bank by insuring deposits up to $100,000 |
| Securities Exchange Commision (SEC) | Regulated the stock market and restored the faith of investors |
| New Deal | FDR's social service programs that helped the poor and raised the national debt |
| CCC WPA | Alphabet Agencies that addressed the issue of unemployment |
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