A | B |
consumer goods | products intended for personal use |
prosperity | success & wealth |
stock market | financial system for buying shares |
stock market boom | period of success for stock market |
speakeasies | place to buy alcohol |
stockbroker | person whose job is to buy and sell stocks |
flapper | 1920s hair and clothing style |
standard of living | quality of life |
prohibition | time when alcohol was illegal |
Roaring 20's | period famous for economic prosperity, modern women and jazz music |
bankrupt | broke |
KKK | violent, prejudiced group |
Herbert Hoover | President at start of depression |
Stock Market Crash | stock prices fell drastically |
Great Depression | time of economic crisis |
Hoovervilles | poor shanty towns |
FDR | President who brought "New Deal" |
New Deal | Programs to get country out of Depression |
Fireside Chats | FDR addressed nation to reassure them with his plans |
Black Tuesday | The day the stock market crashed |
The first 100 days | Beginning of a new president's term |
Recovery | To restore to better times |
FDIC | reform to insure money in banks |
Pension | Money paid to retired person each month |
Great Dust Bowl | wind tornados |
Relief | Ease pain and stress |
Reform | change |
Social Security | Money taken from your paycheck by government |
Economy | prosperity or earnings |
Bread lines | food relief effort |