to commit money in the hopes of making more money in the future
investing
a place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system
stock exchange
to drop or go down steadily
decline
a sudden fall or failure of something such as a structure or the value of money
collapse
to fail to meet an commitment, especially a financial one
default
aid for the needy, welfare
releif
projects such as the building of highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
pubic works
the president of the United States at the start of the Great Depression, lost in election of 1932
Herbert Hoover
a national economic crisis in the U.S in the 1920's and 30's
The great depression
programs that give needy people jobs
work releif programs
to help the progress of something
promote
a person who moves from place to place to find work
migrant workers
a political philosophy that stresses the glory of the state over the individual and that favors dictatorship
fascism
the president of the United States that helped the U.S get through the Great Depression, won election on 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt