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Increase demand for new consumer goods
High-wage contracts negotiated by labor unions
Record high farm prices
Increased government regulations on the economy
Caused a national epidemic of alcohol withdrawl
Brought about a decrease in alcoholism and an increase in worker productivity
Resulted in substantial increase in abuse of hard drugs, particularity heroin
Lowered the cost of law enforcement by decreasing the incidence of drunkenness
Provided organized crime syndicates with a means to gain both wealth and power
Increase in federal regulations
Expansion of easy credit
Growth of the trade deficit
Influence of foreign corporations
Required investors to purchase only high risk stocks
Imposed high interest rates that discouraged trading
Prevented traders from learning the true financial state of the companies in which they invested
Allowed trades to pay for stock with projected future profits
Mandated that traders sell a stock as soon as it started to lose value
Paying farmers to cut production and in some cases destroy crops
Purchasing farms and turning them into government collectives
Instituting an early retirement program for farmers over the age of 50
Encouraging farmers to increase production
Subsidizing food processing plants in order to lower food prices
Allow for quick recovery of stock prices
Provided direct loans to business
Protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure
Allow banks and companies to invest in stock market
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Ask a wise economist how to invest your money
The man is a victim of bank failure
To save money for the future
The squirrel represents the US government
The percentage of income controlled by the wealthiest Americans declined.
The income gap between the wealthiest fifth and the rest of the population increased.
The overall per capita income in the United States declined.
The percentage of income controlled by the poor steadily increased.
Cities to suburban developments
Northern farms to northern cities
Souther cities to free land in the West
The rural South to northern cities
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Mandating government control over industry
Guaranteeing workers the right to collective bargaining
Banning the closed shop in the workplace
Requiring all workers to join unions
Expanding the role and size of the federal government.
Permitting banks to operate without government regulations.
Weakening the executive branch.
Reducing spending to balance the budget
Many Americans had lost jobs during the Great Depression
Thousands of homes had been destroyed by the effects of the Dust Bowl
Housing projects could not keep up with the demand for homes needed by the poor
Preparations for World War II had created a shortage of building materials
States and federal laws passed to end racial discrimination
Urban renewal efforts in New York City
Government programs to promote African American bsinesses
A period of African American cultural achievements
Effects of demobilization
Cultural values of the American people
Role of the federal government in the economy
Influence of labor unions on American life
Creating jobs for the unemployed
Guaranteeing a minimum wage
Legalizing the right to join labor unions
Providing financial assistance after retirement
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1934
1933
1931
Billy Holiday
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Billy Sunday
Warren Harding
Teapot Dome
Herbert Hoover
FDR
KKK
Fundamentalist