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| cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor |
direct relief |
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| established the highest protective tariff in US history |
Hawley Smoot Tariff |
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| period from 1929 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed |
great depression |
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| the bottomm fell out of the stock markey and the nations confidence plummeted |
black tuesday |
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| paying a small percentage of the stocks price as a down payment and borrowing the rest |
buying on a margin |
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| bought stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit |
speculation |
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| the most widely used prices of 30 representative large firms trading on the NY stock exchange |
dow jones industrial average |
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| government would buy surplus crops at guaranteed prices and sell them on the world market |
price supports |
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| authorized up to 2 billion for emergency financing for banks, life insurance money |
reconstruction finance corporation (RFC) |
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| lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure |
federal home loan bank act |
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| worlds tallest & second larged dam that provided electricity and flood control |
boulder dam |
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| president that tried to reassure americans that the nations economy was on a sound footing |
herbert hoover |
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