| A | B |
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| 21st Amendment (1930s) | this put an end to Prohibition (making, selling & drinking alcoholic beverages) |
| 22nd Amendment (1951) | this limits the amount of time a person can serve as President of the US to a maximum of 9 years 11 months (2 full terms + less than 2 years if their President dies in Office) |
| 48 hour work week | the Federal Government limits the number of hours a person can be forced to work (down from 60+ hours) |
| 8 hour day | Federal Government says people can't be forced to work anymore than 8 hours in 1 day |
| AFL | it stands for the American Federation of Labor |
| AFL CIO | a large labor union that INCLUDED both skilled & unskilled workers |
| American Federation of Labor | this union originally only represented skilled workers |
| bank failures | when banks didn't have enough money on hand to give to people wanting to remove all of the money in their savings accounts |
| Bank Holiday | all Banks were closed by the Govt. so they could get all of their finances organized, & balanced |
| Black Tuesday (Oct. 29, 1929) | when the Stock Market crashed - people tried to get all of the money they had invested in the Stock Market out of it |
| Bonus Army | World War I veterans (former soldiers) marched/protested in Washington,DC to get the $$$ promised them in 1945 |
| breadlines | hungry people waiting for food because they didn't have either a job or any money |
| buying stock "on margin" | when a person puts down a small amount of money to pay for a stock & borrows the rest |
| California | during the Depression many people from the Midwest (Oklahoma & Kansas) traveled there in hopes of gettng a job & earning $$$ |
| CCC | it stands for Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Civil Works Administration | the Government creates jobs - part of the New Deal - puts people back to work - has them build roads, airports & parks |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | part of the New Deal - Govt. creates jobs - people build things dealing with nature (conservation): National Forests, Beaches, Parks |
| commodity | a thing, a good, a product |
| court packing | FDR (President Roosevelt) tried to increase the # of Supreme Court Justices to 15 - because the Supreme Court (9) were declaring some of his programs UNconstitutional |
| CWA | it stands for Civil Works Administration |
| Great Depression | a lot of people are out of work, people don't have much $$$, and some lost their homes/farms |
| Dust Bowl | when the farmland in the Midwest: Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado couldn't grow crops because of the lack of rain & winds blowing the soil away |
| Emergency Banking Relief Act | 1933 - part of FDRs "New Deal" - Govt. has the right to inspect banks - make sure they have enough money - aren't corrupt - gives people faith in banks |
| Empire State Building | a tall skyscraper in NYC - started during the 1930s |
| Fair Labor Standards Act (Wages & Hours Law) | put an END to CHILD LABOR - established the idea of the "Minimum Wage" |
| Farm Credit Administration (FCA) | Farm Mortgages are refinanced at lower rates with Government help |
| Farm Security Administration (FSA) | low interest rates on long term loans for farmers |
| FDIC | it stands for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | the Govt. guarantees people's money in banks - the banks won't run out of money |
| Federal Housing Authority (FHA) | the Govt. encourages banks to loan money to people for homes |
