click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
The Great Depression
Vocabulary in Chapter 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bull Market | One with an upward trend in stock prices. |
| Bear Market | One with a downward trend in stock prices. |
| Margin Buying | The practice of purchasing stocks with borrowed money. |
| Gross National Product | The total value of all goods and services produced in a given year. |
| Business Cycle | The regular ups and downs of business in a free-enterprise economy. |
| Mutualistas | Mexicans who formed mutual-aid societies, to help each other out. |
| Bread Lines | Charitable organizations that served soup, and pieces bread. |
| Shantytowns | Collection of make shift shelters |
| Rugged Indivisualism | Hoovers idea that success comes through individual effort and private enterprise. |