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Definition: a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant

Hobos traveled far in order to find work during the 1930s.

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Definition: A war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the Axis powers and the Allies

WWII was what ended the Great Depression, bringing money and jobs to the US.

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Definition: intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

People of the US had xenophobia, preventing the acceptance of other cultures and immigrants.

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Definition: the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations

World Trade was low which may have increased tax

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Definition: the name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups

The bonus army gathered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.

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Definition: the state of being unemployed

Unemployment was rapid after the crash of stock markets where no one had money to buy things, putting people out of business

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Definition: an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and was signed into law on June 17, 1930

The Tariffs-Hawley Smoot Act raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods.

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Definition:  place where free food is served to those who are homeless or destitute

Al Capone made the first soup kitchen

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Definition: Many people forced off the farm heard about work hundreds of miles away

Riding the rails is something farmers did to find work far away

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Definition: A trend during President Hoovers term

The people questioned President Hoover because he wasn't doing anything to help the economy.

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Definition: the state of being extremely poor

Poverty levels increased as the stock market crashed and money was disappearing.

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Definition: a native or inhabitant of Oklahoma

Okies went to other states in attempt to find jobs during the Great Depression.

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Definition: A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s; the New Deal was designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression

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Definition: another term for movie

More motion pictures opened up jobs for people.

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Definition: dead or apparently dead

The economy became more lifeless during the great depression.

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Definition: American boxer who was world heavyweight champion from June 22, 1937

Joe Louis' nickname is the Brown Bomber.

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Definition: an American novelist

John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath which portrayed the plight of migrant workers during the Great Depression.

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Definition: an arrangement for payment by installments

Installment plans were where people paid for part of the cost first, then paid the rest over time for a product. Because people couldn't pay credits back sometimes, loans made banks bankrupt.

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Definition: The encampments of the poor and homeless that sprang up during the Great Depression

Hoovervilles were named with ironic intent after President Herbert Hoover, who was in office when the depression started.

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Definition: a long and severe recession in an economy or market

The Great Depression was caused by multiple factors in the weak economy.

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Definition: an informal conversation

Fireside chats is the term used to describe a series of 28 evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.

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Definition: an American politician, diplomat and activist

Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't afraid to protest against her husband and president, Theodore Roosevelt.

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Definition: an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice

The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.

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Definition: a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth

The stock market crash in 1929 was one of the factors that led to The Great Depression.

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Definition: The closing of an insolvent bank by a federal or state regulator

The stock market crash led to many bank failures while people tried to pull out savings that were left.

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Definition:  a person or organization under a ban or restriction

American outlaws rebelled against rules and did acts like robbery or murder sometimes.