Flashcards in Vocab History Deck (14):
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Stock market
System of buying and selling stock in a corporation
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Bull market
Long period of rising stock prices
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Martin
Using a loan from a stockbroker to buy stock by using only a small down payment
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Margin call
Stock brokers demand that investors pay back he entire amount of the loan at once
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Speculation
Risking money by buying more stocks with a belief that stocks with rise
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Bank run
Many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time
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Installment
Monthly payment
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Bailiffs
Court officers who ejected non paying tenants from their homes
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Hobos
People wandering the country looking for work
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Soap operas
Daytime radio dramas
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Public works
Government funding building projects
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Reconstruction finance corporation
Established to make loans to businesses
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Relief
Money given directly to impoverished families
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