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unit 7 vocab
Term | Definition |
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progressives | those who wanted to improve society |
suffrage | the right to vote |
prohibition | a ban on a 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 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 morality |
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 its freedom from Mexico |
the dust bowl | was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the American prairies during the 1930's |
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 |
tenant farmers | a person who rents a plot of land from its owner and pays for its 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 businesses income that typically occurs when consumers are spending less |
topsoil | the part of soil where most plants have their roots |
Hooverville | derisive name for the name of the 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 reform, and regulation enacted by FDR in order to get out of the great depression. |
lobbyist | a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators. |
Herbert Hoover | the 31st president of the U.S. (republican) and was president when the great depression began |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | the 32nd president of the U.S. (democrat) commonly known as FDR he was the ONLY president to serve more than 2 terms |
ensure | to make something certain or secure |
expansion | the action of becoming larger or more extensive |
dictator | a ruler who has complete power over a country |
fascism | a system in which the government has complete control over a country |
empire | groups of countries under the power of a ruler |
alien | foreign-born RESDENTS OF A COUNTRY who have not yet become citizens |
internment | confinement, especially during wartime |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
World War ll | |
radical | |
rationing | |
blackout | |
bond | |
diverse |