Overconsumption - Consumers buy more than they need, Smoot-Hawley Tariff - Raised tariffs so high that they halved foreign trade in the US, Speculation - Predicting when the best time to resell a stock would be (inflated prices!), Black Tuesday - When everyone attempted to sell stocks but nobody would buy, Dawes Plan - Passed to try and avoid Germany defaulting on reparation payments, Hoovervilles - Shantytowns on the outskirts of cities that consisted of the homeless living in tents, Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - Introduced by Hoover to give banks and businesses loans, but hardly made a dent due to the amount lost in the crash, Bonus Army - The army that marched on DC to request their bonus. They were dispersed by the US army, which caused public uproar, New Deal - Legislation passed by FDR to fix the Great Depression, Dust Bowl - A series of wind storms that caused clouds of dust due to overproduction destroying the soil, Fireside Chats - Speeches given over radio by FDR to explain his New Deal policies to the American people, Relief, Recovery, Reform - The three categories FDR's New Deal legislation fell under, Bank Holiday - Closure of banks to make sure they were financially sound, Emergency Banking Act - Gave funds to failing banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Guaranteed deposits back to consumers , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - Federal regulation of the stock market to avoid a Bull Market, Agricultural Adjustment ACt (AAA) - Relief for farmers , Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC) - Gave jobs, clothes, and food to men who worked the land. They sent most of their wages back home to their families, Public Works Administration (PWA) - Funded public works projects, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) - Improved the condition of the Tennessee Valley through the building of dams, introduction of hydroelectricity, and manufacturing of fertilizers, National Recovery Administration (NRA) - Introduced a "code of fair practice", Works Progress Administration (WPA) - Funded public works projects, hired 9 million workers, and hired artists, Social Security Act - Provided benefits for the unemployed, retired, disabled, and orphaned, Wagner Act - Reformed labor conditions and legalized unions, Mexican Repatriation - The mass deportation of Mexican-Americans due to resentment , Indian Reorganization Act - Expansion and conservation of Native American lands, 100% Americanism - Nativist belief held by the KKK, The Great Plains - the area affected by the Dust Bowl, Demobilization - Moving from wartime to peacetime production, Red Scare - Fear of a communist revolution in the USA,

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