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Define Hundred Days New Deal Tennessee Valley Authority Agricultural Adjustment Act FDIC
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Stock Market booming “Get rich quick” Buy a stock on margin (for a percentage) the rest was lent from the bank
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October 24 th 1929 Black Thursday Everyone started selling October 29 th 1929 Stock market officially crashes More than 16 millions shares are sold America slides into the “Great Depression”
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1920’s was fueled by borrowed money Credit bought people stock, cars, houses, ect… People now can’t pay loans back to bank default on loans, fail to pay back bank has no money, people loose money in the bank BANK RUN http://vimeo.com/2086038 3 http://vimeo.com/2086038 3
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List and EXPLAIN at least two factors that lead to the great depression. EXPLAIN BOTH FACTORS!
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U.S. didn’t lend money (enough) to foreign countries during the 1920’s Problem Foreign countries with less money, purchase less American goods Hawley-Smoot Tariff Tax on imported goods Foreign products cost more money Foreign response Tariff USA
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1932 Unemployment hits 25% Comparatively, today it is at 8-10%. Most people who worked, got wages cut or worked only part-time Attempts to make money Sell apples Shine shoes Soup lines become popular
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Public works projects Build highways, parks, and libraries Goal was to create jobs Creates the RFC Reconstruction Finance Corporation Idea was to lend money to local businesses and state governments
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