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Great Depression Pictionary Dictionary
Directions: For each term you must: Write the definition, write a sentence with the term and draw a picture of that term.
Picture
Term
1.)Great
Depression
2.)over
speculation
3.)stocks
4.)Federal
Reserve
5.) collapse
Definition
Sentence with the term underlined
Name:
6.)tariffs
7.)
international
trade
8.) New Deal
9.)federal
10.)Social
Security
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Great Depression Vocabulary
Great Depression- A period of time within the United States (and the world) where economies and
businesses struggled (1930s).
Over-speculation- Making a lot of risky investments (in the stock market).
Stocks-A unit (share) of ownership a company sells to outsiders.
Federal Reserve-The Federal Reserve System is our nation’s
central bank (the banker’s bank).
Collapse-When an economic system cannot handle over speculation. People owe more money than they are
making.
Tariffs- An added cost placed on goods from another country, used to protect jobs since the added cost
makes the imported goods more expensive.
International Trade-Exchanging goods and services between countries
New Deal-The name given to the laws designed to relieve the Great Depression
Federal-The central government (U.S. government)
Assistance-Money or relief to help someone
Social Security- A program in the U.S. that requires workers to make regular payments to a government
fund. The fund is used to provide retirement assistance ($) to Americans over the age of 65