chapter 11 - The Great Depression Begins Vocabulary

walt disney

brought Mickey Mouse to life in 1928

shantytowns

shacks put up on unused or public lands forming communities

john steinbeck

wrote The Grapes of Wrath, about a family fleeing the Dust Bowl

okies

migrants headed west in search of better lives

bank run

many depositors withdrawing money at once

speculation

act of buying stock at a great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise

hobos

homeless wanderers who often rode the rails

dust bowl

a terrible drought that struck the Great Plains

black tuesday

stock market crash