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