GA History Chapter 11 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Boll Weevil | a small beetle that destroyed Georgia's primary crop in the 1920's |
| Great Migration | The mass movement of Southerners to the North |
| Laissez Faire | The belief that the government did not have to intervene in the economic problems-the economy would fix itself |
| The New Deal | Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan that was a series of economic recovery and social improvement programs |
| Isolationism | A nation's decision not to be involved in the affairs of other nations |
| Holocaust | The term used to refer to the murder of over 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps |
| Stock Market | The place where shares in corporations are bought and sold |
| The Great Depression | The United States major economic downturn in 1929 |
| Minimum Wage | The least amount an employer can pay an employee for an hour's work |
| Rural Electricity Act | FDR's act that resulted from his first night in Warm Springs, GA |
| Integrate | To open schools to members of all races |
| Rationed | When consumption of something is very limited |
| Collective Bargaining | Discussion between union members and employers regarding wages, hours, and benefits |
| Appeasement | Giving an aggresor whatever it wants to avoid war |
| Dictators | Individuals who want to rule through military might |
| WWII (World War 2) | The war that broke out on September of 1939 |
| Lend-Lease | When the US would lend or lease arms (weapons) to Great Britain |
| Stretch out | Required workers to do as much work in 8 hours that they had previously done in 12 |
| Subsidies | Grants of money from the government |
| Relief | Money or goods given to people in special need from natural disasters (think Haiti or Japan) |
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