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My World: Ohio Chapter 6
Term | Definition |
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Great Migration | the period between the 1910 and the early 1920's when African Americans moved from the South to the North to take new factory jobs |
stock | a share of ownership in a company |
unemployment | the state of being unemployed or out of work |
patriotism | love and support of one's nation |
producer | a person or a company that makes goods or provides services |
income | money earned by people or businesses for services or products |
migrant worker | a person who moves from place to place to work |
G.I. Bill | a program that paid veterns a small amount of money if they enrolled in some type of schooling, such as college |
discrimination | the unfair treatment of a group of people |
civil rights | the rights to freedom and equality |
sit-in | a kind of protest in which people refuse to leave a place until their demands are met |
suffrage | the right to vote |
communism | a system in which the government owns most or all businesses and land in a country |
export | to sell to another country |
inflation | an overall rise in the costs of goods and services |
import | to bring in from another country |