The Great Depression
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| The Great Depression | A severe economic crisis that lasted for the entire decade of the 1930s.
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| Business Cycle | The rhythm in which the economy expands and contracts its production.
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| Buying on Margin | The process of buying stock with credit, hoping to sell at a high enough price to pay for the loan and make a profit.
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| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929, one of the largest US stock market drops.
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| New Deal | A legislative plan to end the Great Depression that included major reforms of government agencies and powers.
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| Fireside Chats | Radio programs in which President Roosevelt explained his plan for recovery from the Great Depression.
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| Social Security Act | A 1935 law that instituted the pension plan called Social Security.
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| Tennessee Valley Authority | A governmental agency designed to bring jobs and electricity to rural areas.
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| Bonus Army | A group of World War I veterans that demanded their bonus payments early.
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| Dust Bowl | An area of the United States that suffered a severe drought during the 1930s.
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