A | B |
fascism | type of gov't that glorifies the state abovee the individual |
stockbrokers | people who sell shares in businesses |
tariff | tax on goods imported into a country |
New Deal | programs by Franklin D. Roosevelt designed to put people to work |
depression | period of very low economic activity & very high unemployment |
Nazism | name given to Hitler's political beliefs |
quota | a set amount of production in agriculture or manufacturing |
purge | to forcibly remove someone Stalin thought might oppose communism |
stock market crash | a time when stock prices fell or "crashed" at record rates |
authoritarian | gov't led by one person or group w/complete power |
margin call | a demand for immediate repayment of a loan |
on margin | buying stock for only part of the cost & borrowing the rest of the money |
Five Year Plans | Stalin's plans to change Russia from an agricultural to industrial socieety |
recession | a general slow down in the economy (production decreases & unemployment rises) |