The Great Depression Vocabulary

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  1. 3. Is the purchase of an asset with the hope that it will become more valuable in the near future.
  2. 5. An American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration.
  3. 6. Is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
  4. 9. An American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression.
  5. 11. Is the practice of buying stock without paying the full price.
  6. 12. Was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.
  7. 13. Was a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses.
  8. 15. Is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve.
  9. 16. A group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
  10. 17. Was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  11. 18. Was a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
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  1. 1. The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol.
  2. 2. Was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American Canadian prairies during the 1930's.
  3. 4. Is a collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of the property at a low price.
  4. 7. In May 1930, US raised the tariff with the Hawley Smoot Tariff.
  5. 8. Some large financial institutions, such as banks, insurance companies and investment houses, whereby they guarantee payment in case of damage or financial loss and accept the financial risk for liability arising from such guarantee.
  6. 10. An American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
  7. 14. An American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945.