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Academic Vocabulary Matrix
Term/Vocabulary
Word
Buying on Margin
Great Depression
New Deal
Bonus Army
Textbook/Dictionary Definition
Paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as
a down payment and borrowing the rest. With
easy money available to investors, the
unrestrained buying and selling fueled the
market’s upward spiral.
The period from 1929 to 1940 in which the
economy plummeted and unemployment
skyrocketed.
Roosevelt had promised “a new deal for the
American people.” New Deal policies focused
on three general goals: relief for the needy,
economic recovery, and financial reform.
World War I veterans and their families
arrived in Washington, D.C.. They called
themselves the Bonus Expeditionary Force.
Demanded the government to pay a bonus to
World War I veterans who had not been
compensated adequately for their wartime
service.
Cash payments or food provided by the
government to the poor
Direct Relief
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Term/Vocabulary
Word
Credit
Textbook/Dictionary Definition
Deficit Spending
For key products such as wheat, corn,
cotton, and tobacco. The government
would buy surplus crops at guaranteed
prices and sell them on the world market.
Bought stocks and bonds on the chance of a
quick profit, while ignoring the risks.
Speculation
Dust Bowl
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An arrangement in which consumers
agreed to buy now and pay later for
purchases
Spending more money than the
government receives in revenue
Price Support
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When the drought and winds began in the
early 1930s, little grass and few trees were
left to hold the soil down. Wind scattered
the topsoil, exposing sand and grit
underneath. The dust traveled hundreds of
miles.
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