The government paid farmers to plant less in hope of increasing crop prices

October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed; began the Great Depression

Buying stocks and borrowing money from a bank or broker; if the money was not paid back, the bank would foreclose on possessions; everyday people could now buy stock; led to stock market crash because of overextension

New Deal program; hired unemployed men to work, cleaning up forests and planting trees

Roosevelt's attempt to load the courts with justices who supported his policies; wanted to increase supreme court justices from 9 to 15

Poor farming practices and a severe drought led to horrible dust storms and left much of the southern Great Plains in despair

Insured bank deposits so that people would not lose their savings in the event of a bank failure

A national banking system, established in 1913, that controls the U.S. money supply and the availability of credit in the country

Began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression; president during most of WWII

1929-1939; the dramatic decline in the world's economy; millions of people lost their jobs as banks and businesses closed around the world

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