The Great Depression

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Name given October 29th,1929, when stock prices fell sharply
    1. Selling panic;no buyers
    2. Share prices deflated and margin loans came due
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Where some regions such as: Texas, Ohklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Formed a drought that made it worthless for farming
  • Buying On Margin

    Buying On Margin

    Purchasing, but paying only a small percentage and borrowing the rest
  • Speculation

    Speculation

    Involvment in risky business transactions in an effort to make a large or quick profit
  • Foreclosure

    Foreclosure

    Takes away the right to redeem. Which was the loss of property because of mortgage default
  • Shanty towns (Hoovervilles)

    Shanty towns (Hoovervilles)

    A neighborhood in which people made makeshift shacks
  • Demagogue

    Demagogue

    People who usually gain power and popularity by emotion, passions, And prejudices of the people
  • Supply and demand

    Supply and demand

    Capitalism is a market economy driven by supply and demand.
    1. If demand is high, prices go up
    2.if demand is low,prices/profits go down
  • Parity

    Parity

    Supported good prices for farmers to mainly keep income stead
  • New deal

    New deal

    Program to alleviate the problems of the great depression focusing on relief and coming back together as an economy
  • Bonus Army

    Group of veterans and their families, marched in 1932 in Washington D.C, to demand the immediate payment of a bonus they were promised