THE DUST BOWL - NAME GIVEN TO MUCH OF THE GREAT PLAINS DURING THE LONG DROUGHT OF THE 1930S, JESSE OWENS - AFRICAN AMERICAN OLYMPIC RUNNER WHO WON 4 GOLD MEDALS IN THE 1936 OLYMPICS IN BERLIN, GERMANY, STOCK - A SHARE OF A COMPANY THAT IS SOLD TO AN INVESTOR, GREAT DEPRESSION - PERIOD OF SEVERE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP THAT BEGAN IN THE US IN 1929, CREDIT - BORROWED MONEY, BUYING SOMETHING PROMISING TO PAY LATER, PROFIT - THE MONEY LEFT OVER AFTER ALL COSTS OF PRODUCTION ARE PAID, SHANTYTOWNS - PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVED IN TENTS AND SHACKS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, HOOVERVILLES - ANOTHER NAME FOR SHANTYTOWNS, MARGARET MITCHELL - WROTE "GONE WITH THE WIND" AND WON A PULITZER PRIZE, TOPSOIL - UPPER LAYER OF DIRT IN THE FIELDS, STOCK MARKET - PLACE WHERE STOCKS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD, VALUE - WHAT SOMETHING IS WORTH, UNEMPLOYED - WITHOUT  A JOB, DEBT - MONEY THAT IS OWED, INVESTOR - PERSON WHO GIVES MONEY TO A BUSINESS HOPING TO MAKE A PROFIT, RECESSION - DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, DEPRESSION - A LONG AND VERY BAD RECESSION, SOUP KITCHEN - A PLACE WHERE FOOD IS GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN NEED, DUKE ELLINGTON - LEADER OF THE "BIG BAND" JAZZ SOUND - WON A PULITZER PRIZE, CCC - HIRED 2 MILLION YOUNG MEN TO PLANT TREES IN PARKS AND FORESTS, WPA - HIRED 8.5 MILLION AMERICANS TO BUILD BRIDGES, ROADS, BUILDINGS, AND ALSO HIRED ARTISTS TO PAINT MURALS, TVA - SUPPLIED ELECTRICITY TO RURAL SOUTHERN AREAS BY BUILDING DAMS WHICH ALSO HELPED PREVENT FLOODING, SOCIAL SECURITY - PROVIDED MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE WHO WERE ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR UNEMPLOYED, HOOVER - PRESIDENT OF THE US WHEN THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT - US PRESIDENT THAT OFFERED THE NEW DEAL, NEW DEAL - SERIES OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP THE US ECONOMY AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION,

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