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SC 7-4.3 Economic Collapse
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| on margin | paid for only part of the stock and borrowed the rest |
| stockbroker | people who sell shares in businesses |
| margin call | demand for immediate repayment of the loan borrowed to purchase stocks |
| stock market crash | stock prices fell |
| recession | time of economic slow down |
| Great Depression | period of low economic activity and high unemployment |
| tariff | tax on all manufactured goods imported from other nations |
| New Deal | programs developed by President Roosevelt to put people back to work and help the economy recover |
| inflation | when money loses its value and prices go up |
| Nazi Party | National Socialist Workers' Party |
| Nazism | name given to Hitler's political beliefs |
| totalitarian state | system in which leaders totally control the way citizens think and live |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | President of the United States during The Great Depression and WWII-only President to be elected 4 terms |
| Adolf Hitler | German leader who promised to lead Germany back to its former glory and to economic recovery |
| stock | purchase for part ownership in a company |
| run on the bank | people all try to take their money out of the bank at once causing the banks to close |
| FDIC | Government agency developed after the Depression: "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" to protect people's money in the banks of the United States |
| Mortgages | A transfer of rights to property as security for the payment of a loan that becomes void when the loan is paid. |
| Share | Any of the equal portions into which property or invested capital is divided. |
| Foreclosed | A legal proceeding when a mortgage holder cannot pay his or her mortgage and banks repossess the property. |
| Black Tuesday | The crash of the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 1929. |
| Trickle Down | An effect caused gradually by remote or indirect influences. |
| Dictator | A ruler with absolute power and authority. |