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HI 102 Test 3
pages 368-370
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11/06/2011

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Paris Peace Act
Definition
most ambitious attempt to achieving permanent international peace in 1928
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inflation
Definition
an excess of money in circulation which causes the value of money to go down and prices to go up
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Federal Reserve System
Definition
a central banking system that controls the nation's money supply under the auspices of the federal government
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stocks
Definition
investments or shares in some industrial or commercial company
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speculation
Definition
risky investments for the chance of making a quick profit
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"Black Tuesday"
Definition
October 29, 1929, the bottom fell out of the stock market
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1825
Definition
Russia becomes the largest country in the world
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1922
Definition
Lenin creates the Soviet Union
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1928
Definition
Stalin introduces the first Five-Year Plan
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1909-1915
Definition
The Fundamentals are published
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1929
Definition
Great Depression begins
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Great Depression
Definition
America and the rest of the world plunged into one of the worst economic diasters ever experienced
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1913
Definition
Federal Reserve is established
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1933
Definition
The "New Deal" begins in America/The Humanist Manifesto is published
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