| Term | Definition |
|---|
| capital | money raised for a business venture |
| bankrupt | unable to pay debts |
| relief program | government program to help the needy |
| soup kitchen | place where food is provided to the needy at little or no charge |
| public works | projects built by the government for public use |
| bonus | additional sum of money |
| fireside chat | radio speeches given by President Franklin Roosevelt |
| surplus | an extra amount, more than is needed |
| speculation | investing in a risky venture in the hope of making a large profit |
| pension | sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire |
| collective bargaining | right of unions to negotiate with management for workers as a group |
| sitdown strike | work stoppage in which workers refuse to leave a factory |
| unemployment insurance | program that gives payments to people who have lost their jobs until they find work again |
| laissez faire | idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs |
| deficit spending | government practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes |
| national debt | total sum of money a government owes |
| migrant worker | agricultural worker who moves with the seasons, planting or harvesting plants |
| civil rights | the constitutional rights due all citizens |
| repatriate | to send back to one's own country |
| Robert Lane "Bob" Saget | actor in "Surviving Suburbia" |
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