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- famous writer and author who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"
- The bonus army was diapered by the U.S. Forces under the command ___ he lead the troops in this force
- This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of a down payment and borrowing the rest.
- This term specifically refers to paying a small % of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.
- World War 1 and their families veterans who marched to Washington, D.C.
- A condition in which production of goods exceeds the demand for them
- this organization loaned money to smaller banks, which help them stave off bankruptcy
- a neighborhood in which people live in shacks
- This is the period from 1921 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed.
- Place where free food is served to the needy
- In an effort to curb the financial loss that farmers were suffering, Congress tried to pass the McNary-Haugen bill, which would have mandated this on key crops.
- This term is used for the most widely used measure of the stock market's health/ worth
- describe several reasons why Britain managed to remain stable during the first half of the 19th century
- What is Richard Trevithick known for being the first to build in Britain during the industrial revolution.
- Who developed a steam engine that could drive machinery
- what did the terrible conditions create by the end route industrial revolution give rise to
- what did prince Klemens von Metternich claim that he was guided by the principle of legitimacy mean
- according to Darwin what was central to organic evolution
- In his novels, Charles Dickens showed the reality of life for this group of people during the industrial age.
- The 1848 Revolution in France begin with riots when King Lewis Philip canceled this