"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 14

This list focuses on the beginning of the Great Depression (Unit 4, Chapter 14).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 4, the 1920s and the Great Depression: Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. depression
    a long-term economic state with unemployment and low prices
  2. indicator
    a number or ratio derived from a series of observed facts
  3. decline
    go down in value
  4. default
    fail to pay up
  5. support
    the activity of supplying with money or necessities
  6. surplus
    more than is needed, desired, or required
  7. stagnant
    not growing or changing; without force or vitality
  8. uneven
    lacking consistency
  9. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
  10. exchange
    a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
  11. invest
    lay out money or resources in an enterprise
  12. speculation
    an investment that is risky but could yield great profits
  13. margin
    the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker
  14. shareholder
    someone who owns stock in a corporation
  15. plummet
    drop sharply
  16. collapse
    a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks
  17. failure
    inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
  18. panic
    be overcome by a sudden fear
  19. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  20. hardship
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  21. evict
    expel from one's property or force to move out
  22. makeshift
    done or made using whatever is available
  23. shack
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  24. transient
    one who stays for only a short time
  25. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
  26. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
  27. relief
    assistance in time of difficulty
  28. malnutrition
    a state of poor nourishment
  29. stigma
    a symbol of disgrace or infamy
  30. sacrifice
    a loss entailed by giving up something
  31. morale
    a state of individual psychological well-being
  32. cooperative
    an association formed for the benefit of those using it
  33. trickle
    run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
  34. finance
    obtain or provide money for
  35. downturn
    a worsening of business or economic activity
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:14:10 EST 2016 (updated Sun Nov 20 15:19:18 EST 2016)

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