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| maintenance of prices at a certain level through government intervention |
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| purchaser pays for item over time |
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| Dow Jones Industrial Average |
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| measure based on prices of stocks of 30 companies use as a barometer of stock market's health |
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| involvement in risky business transactions in effort to make quick large profit |
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| purchasing of Stocks by paying a small percentage of price and borrowing the rest |
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| a name given to October 29th 1929 when stock prices fell sharply |
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| a period Lasting from 1929 to 1940 in which u.s. economy was in severe Decline and millions of Americans were unemployed |
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| law enacted in 1930 that established highest protective tariff in history to protect American farmers from foreign competition |
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| neighborhood in which people live in makeshift Shacks |
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| free or low-cost food provided by National Urban League |
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| line of people waiting for free food |
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| region including Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado New Mexico made worthless for farming |
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| giving of food and money from government directly to needy people |
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| government-supported level for agricultural products intended to keep Farmers income steady |
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| Dam on Colorado River built during Great Depression. supplied water, growth of agriculture, and electricity |
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| Federal home loan Bank Act |
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| 1931 lowered home mortgages rates and allowed Farmers to refinance loans |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
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| 1932 to provide emergency findings to Banks and life insurance companies |
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| World War 1 veterans and their families who marched Washington DC. 1000 soldiers |
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