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Vocab 11.3

Vocabulary for chapter 11 section 3

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Flappers Women who openly express their new freedom "follish, full of wild surmises" etc.
Boll Weevil A long-snouted beetle that eats the boll (fluffy part) of the cotton
Drought Natural disaster that slowed down the BW but ruined most of GAs crops
Great Migration the movement of southern blacks
Stock Market Place where shares of ownership in a corporation are bought and sold
Black Tuesday the date (October 29, 1929) which the stock market crashed
Great Depression the economic downturn of the US
laissez-faire the belief that the economy, not the gov., can solve all your problems
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt US president with polio and promised the people "a new deal for the American people"
New Deal A series of laws to deal with the great depression
Relief money and goods given to people in special need
Minimum Wage Least amount an employer can pay an employee for a certain number of hours worked
Stretch-out Practice requiring workers to tend to mor machines
Collective Bargaining Discussions between a union and employer to determine such things as working conditions and employee wages, hours, and benefits
CCC Civilian Conservation Corps-provided jobs for young, single men building forest rails and roads
AAA Agricultural Adjusment Act-farm grants went to property owners, not tenant farmers
Social Security Created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance
REA Rural Electrification Authority-extension to help rural areas to obtain power lines to lower the electric bill
Subsidies grants, or funds from the government
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