Unit 11 Vocab • Ally – A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal. • Patriotism – Love or devotion for one’s country. • Consumer goods – product created for personal use, such as clothing, radios, and refrigerators. • Urban – City or city life • Rural – Country or country life • Stock – Ownership in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by a certificate • Stockholder – Owner of Stock • Crash – A sudden decline or failure. • New Deal – The set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced by FDR. • Great Depression – The longest and worst depression in U.S. history; 1929-WWII. • Unemployment rate – the percentage of people who are out of work. • Black Tuesday – Record amount of money lost in the stock market. • Drought – A long period of dryness; going for a period of time with little or no rain. • Black Blizzard – Dust storms so fierce that the sun is completely blocked out for hours at a time.