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6th-Great D. Part 2
Content and Academic Vocab. for Great Depression
Term | Definition |
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bank holiday | a 4 day period when the federal government ordered the banks closed |
fireside chat | a radio speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt while in office |
Hundred Days | the hundred days of FDR's presidency when much New Deal legislation was enacted |
New Deal | the program of FDR to end the Great Depression |
collective bargaining | in which a union representing workers negotiates with management |
pension | a sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire |
deficit spending | spending by the government greater than its income |
national debt | the total amount of money that the government of a country owes to others |
stabilize | to make steady or keep at a given level |
tactic | method of achieving a goal |