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10th Grade
01/30/2014

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Alfred E.Smith
Definition
He was one of the original photographers for Life magazine
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bailiff
Definition
a person who performs certain actions under legal authority
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bank run
Definition
Its when a large number of customers withdraw their Deposits
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black tuesday
Definition
On Oct,29,1929 they shared prices on the new york stock exchange.
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Bonus Army
Definition
It was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marches-17,000 world war 1
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bull market
Definition
a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying
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collapse
Definition
an instance of a structure falling down or in: the collapse of a railroad bridge or the church roof is in danger of collapse.
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colleague
Definition
a person with whom one works, esp. in a profession or business.
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community
Definition
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
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Dust Bowl
Definition
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
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foreclose
Definition
take possession of a mortgaged property as a result of the mortgagor's failure to keep up their mortgage payments
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Grant Wood
Definition
He was born in february,12,1942 and he was a american painter born four miles from Amanitas
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Hawley-smoot
Tariff
Definition
An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes.
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Herbert hoover
Definition
31st president of the US 1929–33; full name Herbert Clark Hoover. After serving as secretary of commerce 1921–29
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Hobo
Definition
a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant.
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installment
Definition
a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something spread over an agreed period of time
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invest
Definition
expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture
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Jack benny
Definition
He was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and violinist.
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John Steinbeck
Definition
He was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
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margin
Definition
the edge or border of something
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margin call
Definition
a demand by a broker that an investor deposit further cash or securities to cover possible losses
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public works
Definition
the work of building such things as roads, schools, and reservoirs, carried out by the government for the community.
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Reconstruction
Finance
Corporations
Definition
was an independent agency of the United States government established and chartered by the US Congress in 1932
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Relief
Definition
a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress
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Series
Definition
a number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another
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Soap operas
Definition
a television or radio drama series dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.
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Speculation
Definition
the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
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Stock market
Definition
A stock market or equity market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers
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sum
Definition
a particular amount of money
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suspend
Definition
temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effected
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technique
Definition
a way of carrying out a particular task
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Walt Disney
Definition
US animator and movie and television producer; full name Walter Elias Disney.
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William Faulkner
Definition
He was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate
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