2.4 Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
stock:
A
share; stocks can be bought or sold on a stock market
2
Q
Wall Street Crash of 1929
A
stock market crash that started the Great Depression
3
Q
Great Depression:
A
great 10-year economic crisis that affected all Western industrialised countries and started in 1929 in the USA
4
Q
Hooverville:
A
shanty town in the USA built by homeless people during the Great Depression
5
Q
New Deal:
A
series of programmes launched by President Roosevelt to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression
6
Q
Dawes Plan
A
plan of the Allies after WW I to solve Germany’s war reparation problem
