| A | B |
|---|
| administration | people in charge/in power/ they carry out the rules |
| agriculture | farming |
| bureaucracy | government officials - people who carry out the day to day affairs of government |
| cease & desist | a Judge tells someone/a group to stop doing something |
| closed shops | when you work in a place you HAVE to join the Union |
| coalition | a group |
| collective bargaining | union officials negotiate a pay raise for all members of the Union |
| communists | people who do not want any government - everything is "supposedly" shared equally |
| domestic service | people who work in homes, maids, butlers, cleaning women |
| economic distress | you owe a LOT of money, you need $ $ $ |
| First Hundred Days | the very beginning of a US President's term in house - what he's done |
| First Lady | the wife of the President |
| flood control | dams put on rivers so they won't overflow & destroy things |
| fragile economic base | the economy of the nation is on very shaky ground |
| free enterprise | capitalism - business without government interference/control |
| fundamental foreign policy | how one country deals with other nations (in general) |
| government budget surplus | the Government has money left over - its not in debt |
| government support of the arts | the Government gives money to artists for paintings, stories, plays - (controversial) |
| humanitarian | to help others |
| industrial machine | a country with a lot of factories & businesses |
| isolationism | the US stays to itself - doesn't get involved in the affairs/wars of other countries |
| judiciary | the Courts - Supreme Court |
| Keynsian Economic Theory | this said the Government should spend money to get the economy of a country to grow - for example the government should create jobs |
| Lame Duck Congress | occurs after November elections when a majority of Congressmen will not be returning during the next year/term |
| landmark achievement | historic, never been done before accomplishment |
| legislation | a bill is passed & becomes a law |
| levy | to tax to force to pay |
| maldistribution | not balanced not equal |
| maldistribution of wealth | most of a nation's money is in the hands of a few people |
| minimum wage | the lowest amount of money a company, employer can pay a person/employee, usually set at an hourly rate |
