The Great Depression and World War II Glossary Terms <p>Vocabulary terms from this unit</p> 1 0 dictionary 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 Dust Bowl <p>Central plains area where the top soil blew away in blinding dust storms due to high winds and overgrazing.</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Great Depression <p>A period of economic hard times that lasted from 1929-1941</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Black Monday <p>October 28, 1929 - so many people were rushing to sell their stocks that it created a panic on Wall Street and made many stocks worthless in the end</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Propaganda <p>The spreading of information or ideas that can influence how a person thinks</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Selective Service Act <p>The first peacetime draft in American History</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Soup Kitchen <p>A place where the hungry could get a free meal</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Bank Holiday <p>The closing of every bank in the country for four days so the government could evaluate which banks should close and which could stay open</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Lend-Lease program <p>A program that allows the U.S. to lend war goods to any nation who is defending democracy</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Cash and Carry Policy <p>The U.S. could sell war goods to the Allies if they paid cash and carried the goods away on their own ships</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Migrant worker <p>People who moved from one region to another in search of work</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Black Blizzard <p>A dust storm</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Bonus Army <p>Veterans who camped along the Potomac River waiting for a promised lump sum of money from the government</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Overproduction <p>When a business produces more product than the consumers want</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Rationing <p>A controlled amound of goods, services, and resources</p> 1 1 0 0 1 Holocaust <p>An event during World War II in which 6 million Jews were put into concentration camps and persecuted</p> 1 1 0 0 1