Unit 7D: The Great Depression VOCAB

A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.

• World War I

• The Great Depression

• The Holocaust

• World War II

Measures the number of people who are able to work, but do not have a job during a period of time.

• Stocks

• On Margin

• New Deal

• Unemployment

an arrangement in which a purchaser pays over an extended time, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase

• Installment Plan

• On Margin

• Protectionist Policies

• New Deal

shares of ownership in a company

• Stock

• New Deal

• Great Depression

• Unemployment

buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest

• Black Tuesday

• Installment Plan

• Isolationism

• On Margin

October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed. Lead to the Panic of 1929

• Installment Plan

• Black Friday

• Black Tuesday

• Stocks

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs

• New Deal

• On Margin

• Protectionist Policies

• Isolationism

The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression

• New Deal

• Protectionist Policies

• isolationism

• The Great Depression

policies directed to protect domestic economy from foreign competition

• Installment Plan

• Protectionist Policies

• New Deal

• On Margin