Chapter 9 Social Studies (The Great Depression and the New Deal)

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Unemployment - the state of not having _____?

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a job

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Choose the correct definition of drought.

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a long period of dry weather with little or no rain.

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Tariff - a _____ that is placed on goods brought into one country from another.

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tax

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Choose the correct definition of depression.

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a long period in which a country's economy is not doing well and many people are without jobs.

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Dam - a barrier that _____ the flow of water.

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blocks

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Choose the correct definition of stock.

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a share in the ownership and profits of a company

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Choose the correct definition of civilian.

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a person not in the armed services or the police force

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Choose the correct definition of shantytown.

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an area of makeshift dwellings inhabited by poor or homeless people

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Choose the correct definition of debt.

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something that is owed, typically money

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How did "Hoovervilles" get their name during the Great Depression?

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The Democratic Party nicknamed the scrap wood and metal shelters that poor people made "Hoovervilles" to shame President Hoover.