| A | B |
|---|
| national debt | how much money the country owes |
| national economy | how much money the country makes, or is losing |
| nonpartisan | people working together regardless of the political party they belong to |
| overexpansion of credit | when people borrow more money than they can possibly afford to pay back |
| overinflated | prices rise too high things cost too much |
| overproduction | more things are made, than are actually being bought - prices drop |
| plowing under growing crops | farmers destroy crops to reduce the supply on the market ... keeps prices up |
| political affiliation | the party you below to: Democrat of Republican |
| political philosophy | what you think Government should be or should do |
| principle | the basic part of - your belief |
| private property | people own a piece of land |
| prosperity is right around the corner | things will get better soon |
| protests | to speak out against something |
| public policy | what Government officials speak about/ how they do it |
| public sentiment | how the average person feels about something |
| public welfare | when the Government helps people with housing & medical care |
| public works programs | things the Government does to help people - sets up clinics, creates jobs |
| "pump priming" | when the Government spends money to start a program/ get a business going |
| recession | prices increases & wages do not - felt, but not severe |
| reforestation | planting more trees in an area |
| reparations | when a country repays money it either owes, or for damage it caused |
| revenue | money |
| shacks | slums, cardboard boxes that people live in |
| Shantytowns | rows of slums, a lot of them - creates pollution, very easy for diseases to start & spread |
| sit down strikes | an example of non-violent protests |
| Social Security | money taken from your pay so you will have money when you retire (you get a monthly check) |
| social welfare programs | the Government helps people out: Food Stamps, clinics (allows access to doctors) |
| socialism | the government controls & operates key industries such as electricity, water, medical, |
| soil conservation | trees are planted so good soil won't blow away |
| soil erosion | good soil is blown away |
