Unit 6: The 20th Century: Depression and World Conflict VOC.

One who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture

An organization of workers to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions

Programs to bring economic recovery, relief and reform in the economy and improve society

Work stoppage in protest over some grivance

World wide epidemic

To trade and exchange goods or services without the use of money

Not getting involved in the affairs of other nations

An organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using services

To increase the variety of products

The least amt. an employer can pay an employee for a certain # of hours worked

an economic slowdown

A small, grayish, long-snouted beetle that attacked the cotton plant

The ability to buy goods and services, usually measured in terms of income

Place where shares of ownership in corporations are bought and sold

To grow fruits and vegetables for local markets

A quantity much larger than needed

An agreement to stop fighting while coming to terms for a peace treaty

The part of the economy that provides a service for others in the form of payment

A series of stations of workers, machines, and equipment to assemble the parts of a product

Purchase plan that allows consumers to make regular payments for items purchased

Money or goods, loans, jobs, given to people in specific need

Grant of money from the government

a severe economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until WWII