Chapter+26+Vocabulary

​​ = = =​= = Great Depression Vocabulary = = = == Section 1 (Chapter 26)

====__ Bonus Army-Veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand immediate payment of a World War 1 bonus. __
 * 1) ====__ On Margin-Practice that allows people to buy stock with a down payment of portion of the full value. __====
 * 2) ====__ Black Tuesday-Day the stock market crashed,signaling start of the Great Depression. __====
 * 3) ====__ Great Depression-Worst period of economic decline in United Stes history beginning in 1929. __====
 * 4) ====__ Bankrupt-Unable to pay debts. __====
 * 5) ====__ Relief Program-Government program to help the needy. __====
 * 6) ====__ Soup Kitchen-Place where food is provided to the needy a little or no charge. __====
 * 7) ====__ Public Works-Projects built by the government for public use. __====
 * 8) ====__ Hooverille-Group of shacks in which the homeless lived during the Great Depression. __====
 * 9) ====__ Bonus-Additional sum of money. __====

Section 2
 * 1) __Polio-Highly infectious disease that causes inflammtion of the nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord,leading to paralysis.__
 * 2) __Bank Holiday-Closing of banks for four days during the Great Depression.__
 * 3) __Fireside Chat-Radio speech given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt while in office.__
 * 4) __Hundred Days-First Hundred Days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency.__
 * 5) __New Deal-Program of President D.Roosevelt to end the Great Depression.__
 * 6) __Civilan Conservation Corps-New Deal program that hired unemployed men to work on natural conservation projects.__
 * 7) __National Recovery Administration-Government agency set up during the Great Depression to enforce new codes designed to stabilize industry.__
 * 8) __Tennessee Valley Authority-New Deal program that builds dams to control flooding and produce cheap electric power.__

Section 3


 * 1) __ Pension-Sum of money people paid to people on regular basis after they retire. __
 * 2) __ National Labor Relations Act-Law passed in 1935 that protects American workers from unfair management practices. __
 * 3) __ Collective Bargain-Process by which a union repersenting a group of workers negtiates with mangement for a contact. __
 * 4) __ Sitdown Strike-Strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached up. __
 * 5) __ Deficit Spending-Government practice of spending more than is taken in from taxes. __
 * 6) __ National Debt-Total sum of money that a government owes to others. __

Section 4


 * 1) __Migrant Worker-Person who moves from one region to another in search of work.__
 * 2) __Civil Rights-The rights due to all citizens.__