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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Hawley-Smoot Tariff|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Hawley-Smoot Tariff|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Hoovervilles|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Hoovervilles|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:margin call|a "call" is a demand for repayment of a loan to buy stocks, and "margin" refers to the difference between the amount borrowed and the value of the stock; if the stock value is less than the loan amount due, the borrower is "underwater" and will have to sell stocks at whatever price possible in order to "cover", or pay off, the loan; if there is a large sell-off with demands for "margin calls"|}}</ul | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:margin call|a "call" is a demand for repayment of a loan to buy stocks, and "margin" refers to the difference between the amount borrowed and the value of the stock; if the stock value is less than the loan amount due, the borrower is "underwater" and will have to sell stocks at whatever price possible in order to "cover", or pay off, the loan; if there is a large sell-off with demands for "margin calls"|}}</ul> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:speculative bubble|speculative = risky; bubble = unstable rise in prices; so 'speculative bubble' refers to a rise in stock market prices based upon overly optimistic expectations of a continued rise in prices; when the market collapses, the "bubble bursts"}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:speculative bubble|speculative = risky; bubble = unstable rise in prices; so 'speculative bubble' refers to a rise in stock market prices based upon overly optimistic expectations of a continued rise in prices; when the market collapses, the "bubble bursts"}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Social Security|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Social Security|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Supreme Court|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Supreme Court|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:"We have nothing to fear but fear itself"|}}</ul | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:"We have nothing to fear but fear itself"|}}</ul> | ||
==New Deal legislation & Federal Agencies== | |||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933|using an emergency WWI law, the Treason Act, FDR closed banks for an eight-day "national holiday" in order to stop "bank runs"; Congress quickly passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 in order to allow the emergency authority outside of War authority; the bank holiday had multiple purposes: 1) stop bank runs; 2) allow for the government and the banking system to sort out bank viability ("solvency" = ability to cover all deposits); and 3) rebuild public confidence in the banking system; soon after the banks reopened, Aemricans had redeposited over half the money they had previously withdrawn; the stock market jumnped over 15%, the largest one-day increase in market history}}</ul | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933|using an emergency WWI law, the Treason Act, FDR closed banks for an eight-day "national holiday" in order to stop "bank runs"; Congress quickly passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 in order to allow the emergency authority outside of War authority; the bank holiday had multiple purposes: 1) stop bank runs; 2) allow for the government and the banking system to sort out bank viability ("solvency" = ability to cover all deposits); and 3) rebuild public confidence in the banking system; soon after the banks reopened, Aemricans had redeposited over half the money they had previously withdrawn; the stock market jumnped over 15%, the largest one-day increase in market history}}</ul> | ||
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