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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. -
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Great Depression Era
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Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate in the year 1920 was 5.2% -
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1921 was 8.7% -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1929 was 3.2%. -
The Dust Bowl
The region in the South central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s. -
The Great Depression
Worldwide economic collapse following the stock market crash in 1929, in which unemployment remained high for an extended amount of time. -
The Deportation of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression
The arrival of many migrant families from the midwest to California created a relief crisis.Yet by 1931, private and public welfare organizations began organizing campaigns to deport Mexicans. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elected in 1932
Famous Quote: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
Surrounded himself with the “Brain Trust”
Historic First 100 Days
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Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1932 was 23.6%. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936 -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Agency created to build dams in the Tennessee river valley. These dams provided more stable irrigation and cheap hydroelectric power. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Permanent Agency designed to insure depositors money in savings banks. Originally insured up to $5,000 per depositor today it has increased to $100,000. -
"Relief, Recovery, Reform" (The 3 R's)
Relief - Immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration.
Recovery - Temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand.
Reform - Permanent programs to avoid another depression and insure citizens against economic disasters. -
Judicial Interpretation during the New Deal
The judical branch in the government interprets the constitution, so the judical branch said that the new deal had a little to much control over the people which is unconsitutional. -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Permanent Agency set up to monitor stock market activity and ensure that no fraud or insider trading was taking place. -
Entitlement Programs and Solvency
A entitlement program is a government program that guarantees certain benefits to a particular group or segment of the population.
Solvency is a term given to a government entitlement program that runs out of money. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1938 was 19%. -
Social Security and Soical Administration (SSA)
Social Security-refers to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) federal program
SSA-Permanent agency designed to ensure that the older segment of society always would have enough money to survive. The key here is that they would then also be able to spend throughout their lives. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1942 was 4.7%. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the year 1950 was 5.3%. -
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid are health insurance programs sponsored by the federal government that cover medical expenses for elderly, disabled, and low-income Americans. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for 1975 was 8.5%. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for 1990 was 5.6%. -
Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the year 2009 was 9.3. -
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate for today is 9.3%.
