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Making a deal between an employer and workers to decide on wages and working conditions
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Most ended up as _____________. (p. 13)
migrant farmworkers
A share, or part, of a business
STOCK
Unfair treatment of someone based on race, gender, or another factor.
DISCRIMINATION
A rule or law designed to control behavior or conduct
REGULATION
A form of protest in which employees temporarily stop working
STRIKE
She pushed FDR to fight racial _____________in hiring for government and defense jobs. (p. 9
discrimination
To put money in a bank or financial account
DEPOSIT
People who buy them are called investors (p. 2)
INVESTOR
Less money than needed; a shortage.
DEFICIT
There have been periodic __________ (times when the economy is not doing well) throughout U.S. history. (p.3)
depressions
Banks take the money that people ________and loan it out to make more money. (p. 4)
deposit
Restoration or preservation of wildlife and other resources
CONSERVATION
When a ____________started in 1931, the soil dried up, and there was nothing to keep it from blowing away. (p. 12)
drought
A laborer who moves from farm to farm for work.
MIGRANT FARMWORKER
A charge for a loan
INTEREST
Belonging to neither side.
NEUTRALITY
Someone who buys stocks or other products in order to make a profit.
INVESTOR
An organization of workers
UNION
A long period of low rainfall that negatively affects conditions for growth.
DROUGHT
They lived in camps all over the United States and were paid to do _________jobs, such as planting trees and building small dams.
conservation
The amount a worker produces.
PRODUCTIVITY
A time of high and widespread unemployment due to an extreme economic downturn.
DEPRESSION
They thought his programs would run up a _________—a debt, which happens when the goverment spends more money than it takes in. (p. 7)
deficit
They do this by charging borrowers _____________, or a fee based on the amount of money loaned). (p. 4)
interest