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Unit 7 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressives | Those who wanted to improve society |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Prohibition | A ban on the sale of alcohol |
| Neutral | Not taking a side |
| Impeachment | Charging a public official with wrongdoing of a crime |
| Surplus | More products that are available than are in demand |
| Regulation | A rule created by the government that has the same effect as a law |
| unethical | Wrong and unacceptable according to rules or beliefs about mortality |
| Pardon | A release from punishment for a crime |
| Segregation | The separation of people by race |
| Industrialization | The development of industry in a country |
| Refugee | Someone who is forced to leave their country to escape danger |
| Stock | A share of ownership in a company |
| Depression | A period of low economic activity & high unemployment |
| The Great Depression | A severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world. It started with a sharp decline in stock prices in the U.S and lasted for 10 years |
| Pensions | Grant money paid to people who have retired |
| Centennial | The festival in 1936 marking 100 years since Texas declared it's freedom from Mexico |
| The Dust Bowl | Was a result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the American prairies during during the 1930s |
| Erosion | The gradual wearing away of something, such as soil |
| Foreclosures | The action of the bank taking back ownership of a property because the mortgagor fails to be able to make payments |
| Tennant farmers | A person who rents a plot of land from it's owner and pays for it's use with a share of the crops |
| Boom-and-bust cycle | A prolonged period great profits followed by a sharp decline |
| Decline | A recession in business income that typically occurs when consumers are spending less. |
| Topsoil | The part of the soil where most plants have their roots |
| Hooverville | Derisive name for the names of camps made of cardboard where the homeless lived during the Great Depression. Named after the president at the time, Herbert Hoover. |
| New Deal | A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by FDR in order to get out of the Great Depression |
| Lobbyist | A person who takes part of the U.S.(Republican) and was president when the Great Depression began. |
| Herbert Hoover | The 31st president of the U.S.( Republican) and was president when the Great Depression hit |
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