History Chapter 5

7. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
11. minor officers of the courts
13. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polished
15. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
17. radio broadcasts made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans
18. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
19. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs
20. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations

1. a long period of rising stock prices
2. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
3. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
4. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
5. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments, or the part of a structure that directly receives pressure
6. persistent and heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
8. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
9. such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
10. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
12. abbreviated term for ploiomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disablilty and deformity
14. act of buying stocks at great risks with the anticipation that the prices will rise
16. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit