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U4:W3 - N.America
North America's Trade & Economics
Question | Answer |
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Plantation | A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country. |
Segregation | Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences |
Redlining | A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries. |
Harlem Renaissance | A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished |
Civil Rights Movement | social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, in which people organized to demand equal rights for African Americans and other minorities. |
Industrial Revolution | A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s |
Infrastructure | the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. |
Minimum Wage | a minimum price that an employer can pay a worker for an hour of labor |
Child Labor | Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century. Many children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories. |
New Deal | A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. |
Natural Resources | Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada. Now replaced with USMCA |