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The Great Depression
Vocabulary in Chapter 15
Question | Answer |
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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. |