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great depression
The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
dust bowl
A region subject to ___ storms
drought
A shortage of rainfall
apple
Round red or green fruit that grows on trees
world war 1
A ___ between the allies and the Central Powers from 1914 to 1918
stock market
An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional ___
sell
The activity of persuading someone to buy
industry
The organized action of making of goods and services for sale
factories
A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing (plural)
herbert hoover
31st President of the United States
president
Elected leader of a country
company
Small military unit
dry
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
money
Coins and bills used to buy things
Great plains
A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through
dust
Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

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