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Attempt to add new
appointments of
Justices over the age
of 70
Stock market crash
of 1929
Court Packing
Scheme
Overproduction,
speculation, shaky
banking, restricted
international trade
Causes of the Great
Depression
Dust Bowl
Event that signaled
the beginning of
the Great
depression
Federal Deposit
Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)
Insures bank
deposits if banks
fail
Helped workers
collectively bargain
with employers
Result of tapped
water supplies,
heavy winds, and
drought
Wagner Act
Created jobs
building schools,
roads, courts, post
offices, and bridges
Person buys 10% of
stock; rest paid by
stock broker
Public Works
Administration
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Built dams;
controlled floods;
produced electricity
Pouring money into
the economy to get
it working again
Margin
Period when most
of FDR’s New Deal
Policies got passed
First Hundred Days
(of FDR’s
presidency)
Priming the pump
Dorothea Lange
Took photographs
showing misery of
Great Depression