Vocab History

Question 0

Bull market

Answer 0

Long period of rising stock prices

Question 1

Stock market

Answer 1

System of buying and selling stock in a corporation

Question 2

Martin

Answer 2

Using a loan from a stockbroker to buy stock by using only a small down payment

Question 3

Margin call

Answer 3

Stock brokers demand that investors pay back he entire amount of the loan at once

Question 4

Speculation

Answer 4

Risking money by buying more stocks with a belief that stocks with rise

Question 5

Bank run

Answer 5

Many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time

Question 6

Installment

Answer 6

Monthly payment

Question 7

Bailiffs

Answer 7

Court officers who ejected non paying tenants from their homes

Question 8

Hobos

Answer 8

People wandering the country looking for work

Question 9

Soap operas

Answer 9

Daytime radio dramas

Question 10

Public works

Answer 10

Government funding building projects

Question 11

Reconstruction finance corporation

Answer 11

Established to make loans to businesses

Question 12

Relief

Answer 12

Money given directly to impoverished families

Question 13

Foreclosed

Answer 13

Creditors taking ownership of the land and evicting the families