Great Depression - vocabulary

Excessive and risky investment in the stock market, especially when using borrowed money

A downturn in a nation's economy that is not as long or serious as a depression

Certificates that represent part ownership of a business

A way of purchasing an item "on credit" and making small payments each month

A period of low rainfall

A long lasting drop in a nation's economy. Businesses lay off workers because they can't sell enough products.

The area of the Great Plains that was most affected by a severe drought that lasted through most of the 1930s

Products people purchase for their own or their family's use (clothing, appliances, cars)

Taxes that a country puts on imported goods

A place where stocks are bought and sold