a time of economic slowdown

long period of very low economic activity combined with very high unemployment that lasted more than 10 years

a general increase in price and fall in purchasing value of money

a piece (or share) of a company sold to the public to help finance a company

a “place” that stocks can be sold or purchased

Ability of a customer to get goods or services before payment (think credit card or a loan)

Sudden decline of stock prices in the stock market; usually resulting in significant loss in value of money

October 29, 1929 the stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed

created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt designed to help America during the Great Depression

an economic policy of preventing trade between nations

system in which leaders have total control over the way citizens think and live

no class structure; everyone works to support everyone

political movement that emphasized an extreme form of nationalism and power to the state

type of socialism; society where industry, production, and business must be controlled by the whole society (usually government)

government took control of all farms and combined them into huge government-controlled farms to increase food production in the Soviet Union

the “removal” of anyone that did not support Joseph Stalin, or the Communist Party in the Soviet Union

discrimination against people of the Jewish faith

the policy of territorial or economic expansion that Japan used to become a world power prior to WWII

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