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What is the definition of Economic Depression?
a periuod of decline in the economy, high unemployment and lowered consumer confidence
What is the definition of the Dust Bowl?
The worst drought in the Great Plains in the 1930s that made people migrate to other places
What is the definition of Supply and Demand?
The amount of specific goods available & the amount of goods a person wants to buy.
What is the definition of Hoovervilles?
A shanty town built by the homeless during the Great Depression
What is the definition of Transient?
Those who do not stay in one area for a long time, they move around
What is the definition of Destitute?
Lacking food, clothing and shelter
What is the definition of Internment?
Putting a person in pris on or detention for a period of time, usually during wartime
Who was the Axis Powers / What were the main countires?
Japan, Germany, Italy
Who were the main Allied Powers?
France, U.S., England, Canada, Australia, Soviet Union (Russia), South Africa, Belguim, China, New Zealand, Cuba, Mexico, India, Poland, Netherlands, Brazil
What is the Bracero Program?
An agreement between U.S. and Mexico that permitted Mexican citizens to temporarily work in the U.S. in agriculture.
