The Great Depression
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| stock market | Is a public market for the trading of stock and derivatives at an agreed price.
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| military installations | A base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a Military Department.
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| rural | In the country
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| urban | In the city
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| Dust Bowl |
Also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
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| unemployment | Occurs when people are without work and actively seeking work.
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| Alphabet agencies | (also Known as New Deal agencies) were the government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933
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| The New Deal | A series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938.. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
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| Erosion | The process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.
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| Rationing | practice of giving out limited amounts of food ans supplies, generally given to soldiers or civilians
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| Internment | Confinement
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| Fascism | an authoritarian and nationalistic right wing system of government and social organization
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| Drought | A shortage of water
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| Economic Depression | a period of economic decline characterized by high unemployment, high prices, and a lack of economic production
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| Home Front | The civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in a war abroad
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| Stocks/ Shares | A stock is a share in the ownership of a company
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| Import | to bring goods into the country to sale
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| Export | to send goods to another country to sale
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| POW | Prisoner of war
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