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Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. -
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The Great Depression Era
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a poet. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. He is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. -
Unemployment Rates for years 1920, 1921, 1929, 1932, 1938, 1942, 1950, 1975, 1990, 2009, and Today
5.22%, 11.72%, 4.23% 23.64%, 19.04%, 4.75%, 5.38%, 6.390%, 5.6 1%, 9.3%, and 7.9% -
The Great Depression
The Great Deprsession was a time when the stock market crashed in 1929 and the econonic structure started to fall during the 1930's. -
The Deportation of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression
is a mass migration that took place when as many as 500,000 people of Mexican descent were forced or pressured to leave the US. -
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange as an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a time period when the farmers would farm the same crop on the same land which led to dust building up. Dust eventually over came Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas and migration began to California for a better life. -
Tennesse Valley Authority
This was a New Deal program that consisted of putting up electricity lines for the country which ultimately led to the the need for everyone to have electricty. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The FDIC is working with all of the states and federal banking agencies and organizations to make sure the status of financial institutions located in the affected areas. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a bunch of economic program in order for the economnomy to get better during the Great Drepression era. FDR used the 3 R's for the The New Deal programs; Relief, Recovery, Reform. -
Social Security and Social Security Administration
This is a government independent agency that distributes Social Security, which included retirement and disibility programs and survivors benefits. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
This was created by congress to regulate security markets and to hel their investers. -
Judical Interpretation during the New Deal
The judical branch interprets the constitution during the New Deal. -
Entitlement Programs and Solvency
Social Security was the first “entitlement” program created by the federal government during the Great Depression era. -
Medicare and Medicaid
These are two government programs the provide people wth health services. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Relief, Recovery and Reform was the 3 R's that FDR came up with in order to achieve a better economy though the New Deal.
