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SS 8 Chap 22/23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Decline | to lose strength or power over time |
| Voluntary | not forced; done of one's own free will |
| Specify | to name or describe in exact detail |
| Infrastructure | underlying foundation on which a community or nation depends, such as its roads, bridges, etc. |
| Domestic | having to do with the home or housework |
| Confer | to exchange ideas with someone |
| Minimum | smallest or least required or allowed |
| Fundamental | basic, essential; most important |
| Troubled Industries | overproduction, a situation in which the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand. |
| The Downward Spiral | bankruptcy is financial failure caused by a company's inability to pay its debts. |
| The Bonus Army | extra payment |
| Bank Holiday | a four day closing of the nation's bank. |
| domestic | having to do with a country's internal affairs |
| impose | to place a burden on someone or something |
| restrict | to confine, to keep within a certain limit or area |
| critic | someone who makes judgements on the value of objects or actions |
| analyze | to critically examine an idea or object by separating it into parts |
| accumulate | to slowly collect, to increase in amount over time |
| participate | to take part in, to share in an activity |
| disarmament | the reduction or limitation of military armaments |
| communism | an economic and political system in which the state owns the means of production and a single party rules |
| overproduction | situation where the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand |
| bankruptcy | financial failure due to an inability of a company to pay its bills |
| default | failure to pay their loans |
| bonus | extra payment of money |
| fireside chats | FDR's radio talks to reassure Americans in the depression |
| pensions | retirement payment to older people after they stop working |
| civil rights | rights guaranteed under the US Constitution for equal protection under the law and the right to vote |
| payroll tax | a tax taken from someone's paycheck to be sent to government or other location |
| collective bargaining | the right of a union to negotiate salary and working conditions for all its workers |
| sit-down strike | workers stay in the factory but stop production |
| deficit spending | the situation where a government spends more money than it receives in taxes |
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