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Chapter 22 Vocabulary
Stock Market, Late 1920s
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History
11th Grade
10/29/2013

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Stock Market
Definition
System of buying and selling shares of companies
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Bull Market
Definition
Circumstances that lead to rising stock prices
Term
Margin
Definition
Cash down payment for the purchase of stocks
Term
Margin Call
Definition
Demanding the investor repay the loan at once
Term
Installment
Definition
The making of small down payments in order to pay debts monthly
Term
Baliffs
Definition
Court officers who ejected non-paying tenants, putting their stuff in the streets
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Shantytowns
Definition
Homeless communities and shacks
Term
Hoovervilles
Definition
Shantytowns that blamed the president for their plight
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Hobos
Definition
Homeless rail riders
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Dust Bowl
Definition
The Great Plains after a drought and the soil turned to dust
Term
Soap Operas
Definition
Shows sponsored by laundry soap
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Public Works
Definition
Government finance building projects
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Relief
Definition
Money that went directly to impoverished families
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Foreclosed
Definition
Taking position of and evicting families from structures
Term
Speculation
Definition
Betting and taking risks on the profitability of stock
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