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Ch. 22 Vocab
Ch. 22 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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New Deal | A program that the Roosevelt administration began. |
Barter | Trading goods rather than cash. |
Subsidy | A grant of money from the government. |
Labor Union | An organization of workers formed to improve their wages, benefits, and working conditions by bargaining with management. |
Relief | Money & goods, loans & jobs, given to people in specific needs. |
Strike | A work stoppage to protest over some grievance. |
Cooperative | An organization owned by an operated for the benefit of those using its services. |
Recession | A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced. |
Minimum Wage | The lowest wage of money by law. |
Social Security Act | An act made for Senior Citizens 62 & older that are disabled in 1935. |
Rural Electrification Act | Providing federal loans for the installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States. |
Civilian Conservation Corps | An organization for young men 18 to 25 to plant trees & build parks. |
E.D. Rivers | Governor of the 1936 election. |
Eugene Talmadge | A democratic politician who served as president of 1936. |