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US History
Roaring 20s and Great Depression Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Business Cycle | Pattern of economic growth followed by an economic decline |
Buying on Margin | The purchase of an asset by paying the initial or down payment and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker |
Eugenics | Belief that the human race could be improved by breeding. Supposed that superior parents would birth even better children |
Speculation | Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain by with the risk of loss. |
Conservative | In general, a person who opposes or wants to limit government intervention in the economy and social welfare state politics |