Great Depression Vocabulary

Buying and selling of stocks as shares in a company.

• Stock Market

• Economic Depression

• Rationing

• Internment

A period of economic decline, high unemployment, and high prices.

• Stock Market

• Economic Depression

• Rationing

• Internment

Practicing of giving out limited amounts of food or supplies.

• Stock Market

• Economic Depression

• Rationing

• Internment

The state of being confined as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.

• Stock Market

• Economic Depression

• Rationing

• Internment

The economy and other parts of society are heavily and closely controlled by the government.

• Facism

• Dust Bowl

• Drought

• New Deal

A series of periodic dust storms in the Midwestern prairies created by wind erosion of the soil.

• Facism

• Dust Bowl

• Drought

• New Deal

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.

• Fascism

• Dust Bowl

• Drought

• New Deal

A series of programs passed during the Great Depression in order to help the economy.

• Fascism

• Dust Bowl

• Drought

• New Deal