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a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
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a long period of rising stock prices
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buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
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demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
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act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise
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buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to pay off the value of the good
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Democratic presidential candidate, four-time New York governor, and the first Roman Catholic ever nominated; he lost to Herbert Hoover in 1928.
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October 29, 1929, when the stock market plummeted with a single-day loss of $10-$15 billion in value.
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Congressional act in 1930 which raised the tariffs to the highest level in U.S. history in an attempt to protect American manufacturing but, instead, it damaged U.S. sales abroad.
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put money into a company in order to gain a future financial reward
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a response to a stimulus
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a specified amount of money
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minor officer of the courts
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an economically depressed section of town consisting of crudely built dwellings usually made of wood
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nickname given to shantytyowns in the United States during the Depression
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a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
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name given to the area of the southern Great Plains severely damaged by droughts and dust storms during the 1930s
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a serial drama on television or radio using melodramatic situations
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United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons, who revolutionized family entertainment, and who founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
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U.S. painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942); his most famous painting is American Gothic.
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U.S. writer noted for his novels about the plight of agricultural workers and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1902-1968)
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U.S. writer noted for his novels about Southern people and their conflicting, complex attitudes (1897-1962).
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to bar or exclude as a penalty; to stop temporarily; to hold back
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a person who is a member of your class or profession; an associate
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a method of achieving a desired task
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projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
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aid for the needy; welfare
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to take possession of a property from a mortgagor because of defaults on payments
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Congress set up the RFC to make loans to banks, railroads, and agricultural institutions but it failed to increase its loans in sufficient amounts to meet the need and the economy still declined.
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In 1932, a wealthy woman in San Francisco established a breadline to provide basic food to the needy.
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A group of 15,000 World War I veterans who marched and massed in Washington, D.C. in 1932 to pressure Congress to appropriate moneys early for the payment of $1,000 bonus certificates granted in 1924 but which were not scheduled to pay until 1945.
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to give to a common cause
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a number of events that come one after another
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