2.4 the great depression Flashcards
1
Q
stock
A
stocks can be bought or sold on a stock market. (a piece of company)
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 industrialized 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 problems caused by the great depression
