Term | Definition |
hoovervilles | a hooverville was an area of a city where poor, homeless people built shacks to live in during the Great Depression. Hoovervilles were named after President Hoover. |
insurance | Insurance is protection against property loss or damage. |
invest | To invest is to buy something or to put money into a business in order to make more money. |
migrant farm worker | A migrant farm worker is a person who goes from farm to farm looking for work. |
minority | A minority is a group that is thought to be different than the larger group it is a part of because of race or religion. |
pensions | A pension is a sum of money paid regularly to a person after he or she has retired from a job. |
polio | Polio is a disease that is caused by a virus. it leads to paralysis and mainly affects children. |
recovery | a recovery is a return to normal conditions. |
stock market | A stick market is a place where stocks are traded. |
veterans | A veteran is a person who has been in the armed forces. |
Totalitarian | totalitarian governments are led by dictators |
facist | a facist is a member of the facist party. |
Nazi | A Nazi is a member of the Nazi party |
anti-semitism | Anti-semitism is the hatred of jews. |
persecuted | To persecute is to harm someone because of their beliefs. |
concentration camps | A place where jews and other people were prisoners during ww2. |
axis nations | germany italy and japan formed an aliance called the axis |
civilians | a civilian is who is not in the military. |