Great Depression
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| Result of steady decline in demand for stocks in previous 12 months | Black Tuesday
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| Americans building up personal debt trend during the 1920s set the stage for the | Great Depression
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| The federal government's economic policies during the Roaring Twenties did this, it encouraged this | Spending
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| Americans spending too much ___________ they didn't have led to the Great Depression of the 1930s and the economic recession that began in 2008 | money
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| when supply is greater than demand | recession
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| banks made risky _____________ that weren't paid back caused bank failure during the Great Depression | loans
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| uncertainty about employment (in a recession) can ____________ spending | deter
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| in a recession companies lay off ___________ because they can't afford to pay them | employees
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| recessions are not permanent and are a normal part of the business _______________ | cycle
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| during a _______________ the government typically lowers taxes and interest rates | recession
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| have sit down strikes to protest unfair working conditions | unions
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| one in ____________Americans were unemployed in 1932 | four
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| the Dust _________________ was a huge area of ruined farmland in the middle of America | Bowl
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| The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about the hard lives of | farmers
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| a homeless person who rode the rails to find a job | hobo
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| the stock __________________ crash of 1929 marked the start of the Great Depression | market
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| World War ____________ helped bring America out of the Great Depression | Two
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| Helped Americans escape their troubles | comedians
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| Louis ______________ was a jazz singer during THe Great Depression | Armstrong
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