| A | B |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader rising to power in Germany |
| Armories | Storehouses for guns |
| Communist | Held that capitalist could not be overthrown without violent revolution. |
| Hawley-Smoot | Tariff that many economist argued would cause ill will toward the U.S. |
| Hoovervilles | Makeshift communities on the outskirts of cities |
| Installment Buying | An agreement whereby a purchaser made a down payment and paid the rest in payments |
| Lame Duck | An officeholder with little influence because his term was about over. |
| Margin | Buying stock by making a small down payment and borrowing the rest |
| Moratorium | Official authorization to suspend payment, as with war debt |
| Omelet Theory | It is impossible to make an omelet without cracking eggs and a revolution without cracking heads |
| Prohibition | outlawed the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquors |
| securities | stocks and bonds |
| Socialist | Propose to gain power through persuasion and the ballot box |
| speculation | engaging in a risky business venture on the chance that a quick or sizable profit could be made |
| radio | new invention which influenced the 1928 election |
| October 29, 1929 | Black Tuesday |
| Japan | Who invaded China during this time? |
| Manchuria | Part of China which was invaded |
| Industrialists/Bankers | American public held them responsible for the Great Depression |
| The "New Deal" | Roosevelt's program for America |
| 1933 | The banking panic |
| closed banks | How did state government respond to the bank panic? |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Who won the Election of 1932? |
| stock market crashed | What happened on Black Friday? |