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Unit 10
Great Depression and WWII
Term | Definition |
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Stock market | the buying and selling of stocks as shares in companies. |
Economic depression | a period of economic decline characterized by high unemployment, high prices, and a lack of economic production. |
Rationing | practice of giving out limited amounts of food and supplies, generally given to soldiers or civilians during war time. |
Internment | confinement |
Dust Bowl | an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice |
Fascism | an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. |
Homefront | the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad. |
POW | a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of the armed forces. |
Rural | characteristic of the countryside rather than the town |
Urban | characteristic of a city or town |