What is the CCC?
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a relief program designed to provide young men who were roaming the countryside in search of work the opportunity to build parks and plant trees. The CCC can also be a recovery program because its purpose was to put money into the hands of people; who would in turn spend it, and help businesses to recover.
What is the 19th amendment?
Gave women the right to vote.
Describe the Harlem Renaissance.
Great interest and activity in the arts and music, especially among African American artists living in New York. This was a result of the Great Migration and African Americans bringing their culture from the South to the Northern cities.
What is a hoboe?
An unemployed young men and some young women who took to the highways or rode the trains from town to town seeking work or a handout
What was the SEC?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate trading on the stock market and curb out-of-control high-risk investments that led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. This program required full disclosure of the information on stocks being sold
Describe the Stock Market Crash
Investors in the stock market recognized the slowing of the economy (people could not buy as much), they suddenly began selling their stocks. This sale was made worse because some investors had borrowed in order to buy stocks and could not pay off loans due to the devaluation of stocks. The stock market crash resulted.
What did America do about European immigrants when they felt the immigrants were taking away jobs from people born in America?
Americans made laws for immigration quotas to limit the number of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe.
How did the Great Depression affect people's lives?
Businesses fired workers, decreasing wages (paychecks), decreasing buying power (people can’t buy as much), and decreasing prices. Failed businesses laid off more workers. Unemployed borrowers were unable to pay off their bank loans. People lost their savings due to bank failures.
What were the causes of the Dust Bowl?
Bad farming methods, heavy wind, and drought caused the Dust Bowl. AKA Overproduction of goods