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Boulder Dam
A dam on the Colorado River built during the Great Depression through the PWP
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
A Law enacted in 1931 to lower mortgages and allow farmers to refinance their loans
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
an agency established to provide funding for Banks, life-insurance companies, railroads, and other large corporations
Date of Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929
President of the United States during the start of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl
Herbert Hoover
Bonus Army
WWI veterans who marched on D.C to get their promised bonus for fighting
Dust Bowl
Central United States ruined by drought and dust storms
Direct Relief
The giving of money or food by the government to the people
To escape the hardships at home, many young boys hitched a ride on these
Trains
Poor farming techniques
Overgrazing
High winds
Brought
Causes of the Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929 the day the stock market crashed
Shantytowns
A neighborhood made of makeshift shacks
Hawley Smoot Tariff
A law that established the highest protective tariff in U.S. history.
Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
Buying on margin
Nickname for the huge dust storms of the Dust Bowl
Black Blizzards
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Used to measure the stock market health
Speculation
Risky business of quick transaction in hopes of large profit
Price Supports
Government intervention to maintain a price of an item
Lines of people waiting to receive food provided by charitable organizations or public agencies
Bread lines
WWI veterans who marched on DC to demand their bonus pay
Bonus Army
Great Depression
1929-1940 The severe decline of U.S. economy and sky rocketing unemployment
White walker
Undead member of Knight kings army
Iron Throne
Symbol of Westeros Monarchy
- tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods
- a crisis in the farm sector
- the availability of easy credit
- an unequal distribution of income
Four factors that led to the Great Depression
This piece of infastructure helped bring water supply to many people in California and Nevada
Boulder Dam