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14 Cards in this Set
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stock market |
system that bought and sold shares of companies |
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bull market |
long period of rising stock prices |
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margin |
small cash down payment |
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margin call |
demanding the investors repay the loan at once |
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speculation |
investing money at high risk hoping the market would rise |
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Black Tuesday |
prices took the steepest dive |
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installment |
make a small down payment and pay the rest in monthly installments |
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bailiff |
minor officer of the court |
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shantytown |
a deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of crude dwellings
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Dust Bowl |
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust as a consequence of drought
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John Steinbeck |
one of the best-known American novelists of the mid-20th century. |
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public works |
gov. financed building projects |
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relief |
money that went directly to impoverished families |
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Bonus Army |
veterans who marched to lobby congress to pass the legislation |
