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A. Content Vocabulary
Directions Select a vocabulary term from the box that best
answers each question below. Write the term in the blank.
invest
public works
fascism
stock exchange
work relief
pension
relief
subsidy
unemployment
default
migrant worker
insurance
1. What might an employed person
a. use for income when he or she has retired? b. use to buy stock in a company? c. do with their extra money to make a profit? 2. Which of these
a. is a philosophy that stresses the glory of the state? b. is a person who must move to find work? c. is aid provided by charity to the needy? e. keeps prices up and people in business? 3. Which of these programs provided
a. payments to workers who lost their jobs? b. government jobs to the jobless? c. federal funds to build highways, parks, and libraries? Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies.
d. is the failure to make loan payments? NAME DATE CLASS Vocabulary Builder Cont.
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B. Academic Vocabulary
Directions Read each clue carefully. Fill the space to the left
of each definition with the correct word from the Word Bank and
check your spelling carefully. Use each word only once.
advocate
generate
scheme
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
decline
promote
to produce, create, or make something exist,
such as electricity, ideas, or excitement
the good health, happiness, well-being,and
comfort of a person or group
to boost, praise, or help the progress of
something
a sudden fall or failure of something, such
as a structure or the value of money
to support something publicly, defend as in
court
to move from one place to another to live or
work, especially for harvesting crops
a plan of action, an arrangement for doing
or organizing something
to drop, go down steadily, become gradually
weaker, as an economy or one’s health
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8.
collapse
migrate
welfare
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C. Combined Vocabulary Reinforcement
Directions Complete the following sentences by selecting the
content or academic vocabulary term that fits best. Use your
textbook to find terms to use, if necessary. You many need to
change the form of the word to fit the sentence. Not all the
chapter’s content or academic vocabulary terms will be used.
1. Many Americans began to
were sold on the
quickly failed dramatically.
. This
in shares of companies, which
to get rich
2. Roosevelt used his fireside chats to reassure the nation after the
of the economy. In time, FDR and his administration
would
several programs aimed at
jobs
and employment.
3. At first, private agencies, such as churches, were urged to provide
to the needy. However, as the economy continued to
, government programs were needed. One program
provided funds for
, projects that built highways, parks,
and libraries for public use.
5. Francis Townsend
Congress to support a
people.
payments to the elderly poor. He urged
plan to support older retired
6. Some unemployed people were provided jobs through the government’s
programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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4. Workers traveled across the land seeking employment, especially in farm
work. There are still many
, who must move with the
seasons for work, harvesting crops in the United States today.