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| Alfred E Smith | This Democrat lost the presidential election of 1928. |
| Herbert Hoover | This Republican won the presidential election of 1928. |
| Black Tuesday | This term specifically refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929. |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market's health. |
| price support | In an effort to curb the financial loss farmers were suffering, Congress tried to pass the McNary-Haugen bill, which would have mandated this on key crops. |
| buying on margin | This term refers to paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest. |
| speculation | This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick or considerable profits. |
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act | This reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American exports. |
| credit | This is an arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases, often on an installment plan that includes interest charges. |
| Great Depression | This is the period from 1924 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed. |
