terms and definitions
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| Surplus | having more than enough
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| New Deal | programs created by FDR to improve conditions of the G.D.
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| Great Depression | a long severe recession in an economy
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| Dust Bowl | an area of land that is unsuitable for farming
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| Herbert Hoover | the President during the G.D. and stock market crash
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| FDR | The President that created the New Deal and led the country out of the depression
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| Speculation | buying something that you have no info about
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| Buying on Margin | when a broker only pays 10% of a stock
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| Bool Weevil | a bug that destroyed cotton on farms
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| Seaboard Railroad | a train that went bankrupt due to textiles and industries losing money
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| Hoovervilles | towns with shacks and tents that homeless people lived in.
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| stock market crash | when all of the stock markets lost money and failed
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| drought | hit farmers which caused all of the crops to dry up and die.
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| unemployment | loss of a job
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| bankrupt | when a store or business has no money and can no longer stay in business
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| increased credit usage | with depressed wages and rising prices, consumers had to buy on credit
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| economy | currency in a country
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| overproduction | producing more than you can sell
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