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Great Dep Ch 25
6th gr ch 25 Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organized system for buying and selling shares or blocks of investments in corporations | stock exchange |
| to pay only a fraction of a stock price and borrow the rest from the broker | on margin |
| failure to meet loan payments | default |
| aid for the needy | relief |
| projects to build highways, parks,and libraries | public works |
| a special session of Congress that lasted almost three months | Hundred Days |
| the laws that Congress passed during the Hundred Days | New Deal |
| government jobs designed for needy people | work relief |
| grants of money from the government | subsidy |
| region of western Kansas and Oklahoma, northern Texas, and easter Colorado and New Mexico | Dust Bowl |
| one who moves from place to place to harvest fruit and vegetables | migrant worker |
| payment | pension |
| second set of laws and programs launched by President Roosevelt | Second New Deal |
| tax for workers and employers that provided monthly pensions for retired people | Social Security Act |
| tax on employers to fund payments for people who lost their jobs | unemployment insurance |