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10th Grade
01/30/2014

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Invest
Definition
Expand money with expectation of achieving a material or profit result by putting it into financial schemes by using it to develop commercial venture.
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Jack Benny
Definition
U.S comedian known for delivery of humor to everyone.
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John Steinbeck
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U.S writer known for novels that was about agricultural workers
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Margin
Definition
Edge or border of something.
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Margin Call
Definition
Demand by broker that investor deposits securities to cover possible issues.
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Public Work
Definition
Work of building things such as schools, roads, and reservoirs carried by government
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Definition
Independent agency of U.S government
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Relief
Definition
Feeling of reassurance and relaxation leading to release from distress or anixety
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Series
Definition
number of things, people, or events of similar or related nature coming after another one.
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Soap Operas
Definition
radio or television drama series having typically daily events in lives of same group of characters.
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Speculations
Definition
forming of theory or conjecture without clearly evidence
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Stock Market
Definition
stock exchange.
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Sum
Definition
loan of money.
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Suspend
Definition
shortly prevent from continuing or being forced
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Technique
Definition
Way of carrying out a specific task. Performance of artistic work
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Walt Disney
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U.S. Film maker who is known for making the famous Mickey Mouse.
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William Faulkner
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U.S. novelist who wrote about southern people
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Alfred E. Smith
Definition
American statesman elected Governor of NY
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Baliff
Definition
person who does certain actions under legal authority
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Bank Run
Definition
concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from bank because of thinking of the failure
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Black Tuesday
Definition
October 29, 1929 share prices on NY Stock Exchange crashed.
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Bonus Army
Definition
Popular name of 43,000 marchers.
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Bull Market
Definition
market where share prices rise, encourages people to buy
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Collapse
Definition
give away; fall in or out
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Colleague
Definition
person who works
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Community
Definition
group of people living in same place
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Dust Bowl
Definition
area of land where vegetation was lost and soil reduced.
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Foreclose
Definition
possession of mortgaged property as result of owner's fail to keep up on payments
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Grant Wood
Definition
U.S. painter known for works based on real life.
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Definition
Tariff Act of 1930 was a sponsor of Reed Smoot and Willis C. Hawley which was signed June 17th, 1930
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
31st President of U.S. 1929 stock market crashed and economy sank and Hoover lost to be reelected by Frank. D. Rooselvelt
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Hobo
Definition
Homeless person; Vagrant
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Installment
Definition
Sum of money that is due as one of several payments to equal something. This had spread over time.
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