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What is meant by “Crash of 1929” in this lesson?The Great Depression: The stock-market crash was a major event but not a complete explanation of the Depression.
What is meant by “Bank failures” in this lesson?The Great Depression: Failures destroyed deposits and disrupted credit in the crisis.
What is meant by “Unemployment” in this lesson?The Great Depression: Mass unemployment reduced household income and intensified hardship.
What is meant by “Demand contraction” in this lesson?The Great Depression: Falling spending reduced production and could deepen economic decline.
What is meant by “Dust Bowl” in this lesson?The Great Depression: Drought and land-use conditions produced severe Plains erosion and displacement.
What is meant by “Unequal impact” in this lesson?The Great Depression: The crisis affected groups differently according to resources and discrimination.
What is meant by “Relief” in this lesson?The New Deal: Relief aimed to address immediate hardship and basic needs.
What is meant by “Recovery” in this lesson?The New Deal: Recovery measures sought renewed employment and economic activity.
What is meant by “Reform” in this lesson?The New Deal: Reforms changed institutions to reduce future instability or abuse.
What is meant by “Public works” in this lesson?The New Deal: Public works created employment while building infrastructure.
What is meant by “Social Security Act 1935” in this lesson?The New Deal: The act established major federal social-insurance and assistance arrangements.
What is meant by “New Deal limits” in this lesson?The New Deal: Programs expanded federal action while often preserving racial and other exclusions.
What is meant by “U.S. entry 1941” in this lesson?World War II: The United States entered World War II after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent declarations.
What is meant by “Home-front production” in this lesson?World War II: Industrial mobilization expanded military production and changed employment patterns.
What is meant by “Rationing” in this lesson?World War II: Rationing managed limited goods for wartime allocation.
What is meant by “Japanese American incarceration” in this lesson?World War II: The U.S. government forcibly removed and incarcerated people of Japanese ancestry, including citizens.
What is meant by “Holocaust” in this lesson?World War II: Nazi Germany and collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews and persecuted and killed other groups.
What is meant by “War's end 1945” in this lesson?World War II: Allied victory ended the war in 1945, followed by new geopolitical arrangements.