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Hoovervilles
A name for shanty towns built in the Great Depression, were called this because people thought Hoover was to blame for the Depression. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, U.S. legislation (June 17, 1930) that raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression. -
100, 000 Banks Have Failed
a powerful method for preventing bank runs; people and firms that have funds in a bank account will not lose their funds if the bank fails, originally 100,000 but now up to 250,000. -
Dust Bowl
Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.
