Roaring 20s & Great Depression Vocabulary

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An extreme downturn in the economy

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economic bust

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a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s

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Hoovervilles

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A person who flies an airplane.

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aviator

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A program sent out over a radio or television

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broadcast

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thriving, doing well financially, good fortune, and successful social status

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prosperity

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money that one person owes another

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debt

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A period beginning in 1929 when many people couldn’t find work and many others had no money to keep businesses going.

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Great Depression

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The number of people without a job

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unemployment

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a period of fast economic growth

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economic boom

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A rule or law

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regulation