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Chapter 24 & 25 Voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929, one of the largest U.S. stock market drops |
| Bonus Army | a group of World War I veterans that demanded their bonus payments early |
| buying on margin | the process of purchasing stock with credit, hoping to sell at at a high enough price to pay the loan and make a profit |
| business cycle | the rhythm in which an economy expands and contracts its production |
| Dust Bowl | an area of the U.S. that suffered a severe drought during the 1930s |
| expatriates | citizens who leave the country to live elsewhere |
| fireside chats | radio programs in which Franklin D. Roosevelt explained his plan for recovery from the Great Depression |
| flappers | young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920s |
| Fundamentalism | a religious belief characterized by a literal interpretation of the Bible |
| Great Migration | a period of African American movement from the South to cities North |
| New Deal | Franklin Roosevelt’s legislative plan to end the Great Depression that included dramatic reforms of government agencies and powers |
| talkie | a film that includes sounds |
| Red Scare | a widespread fear of communism and Communists |
| Sit-down strike | a strike in which workers stay at their work stations so that strikebreakers cannot replace them |
| Teapot-Dome Scandal | a scandal under the Harding administration in which government officials were accused of taking bribes to allow oil to be mined from federal lands |
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