WorksheetsModule 9 Vocab
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 18mins
a decrease in the general price level of goods and services
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the maintenance of a price at a certain level through government intervention
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an arrangement in which a buyer pays later for a purchase, often on an installment plan with interest charges
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a measure based on the prices of the stocks of 30 large companies, widely used as a barometer of the stock markets health
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an involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit
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the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest
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a name given to October 29, 1929, when stock prices fell sharply
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a period, lasting from 1929 to 1940, in which the U.S. economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed
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a law, enacted in 1930, that established the highest protective tariff in U.S. history, worsening the Depression in America and abroad
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a neighborhood in which people live in makeshift shacks
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a place where free or low-cost food is served to the needy
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a line of people waiting for free food
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the region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930s
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the giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people
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a dam on the Colorado River-now called Hoover Dam-that was built during the Great Depression as part of a public works program intended to stimulate businesses and provide jobs
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a law, enacted in 1931, that lowered home mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their loans and avoid foreclosure
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an agency established in 1932 to provide emergency financing to banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses
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a group of WW1 veterans and their families who marched in Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service
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