american history

4. the act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that prices will rise
7. home owners loan corporation
9. minor officers in the courts
10. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
11. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid banks runs
13. requires companies that sold stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investors
16. radio broadcasts made by president franklin d roosevelt to americans
18. aid in the for of money or supplies for those in need
19. federal deposit insurance corporation
20. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid

1. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
2. an agent who negotiated an exchange between a buyer and a seller
3. a system for buying and selling stock in corporations
5. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
6. a long period of rising stock prices
8. persistent and heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or consumers to withdraw money
12. government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes to boost the economy
14. farm credit administration
15. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock prices and borrowing the rest
17. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments