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Company
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Empresa
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A group of people joined together in some kind of work or activity.
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Depression
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Depresión
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A time when business is bad and many people lose their jobs.
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Dust Bowl
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Terreno semidesértico expuesto a la erosión causada por el viento
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An area of the country in the Middle West from Nebraska to Texas, centered in the region where Oklahoma borders Texas and Kansas, where drought or lack of rain caused many crops to wither and the soil to blow away in large dust storms.
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Economy
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Economía
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The control of money that is earned and spent in a home,
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Financial
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Financiera
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Having to do with the business of taking care of money matters.
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Luxury
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Lujo
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Something that gives comfort or pleasure but is not needed.
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Migrant
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Migrantes
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A person who moves from place to place to find work.
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Necessities
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Necesidades
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Something which is needed.
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Overproduction
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Superproducción
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The act of making more of a product than is needed.
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Panic
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Pánico
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Wild fear that is not controlled or based on rational thoughts.
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Prosperity
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Prosperidad
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The condition of being successful and comfortable financially.
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Regulate
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Regular
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To control something according to rules or a system, usually used by government.
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Roaring Twenties
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Felices años veinte
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Historic period from 1920-1929 when there was widespread prosperity.
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Stock Market
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Bolsa
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A place in New York City where shares of ownership in many different companies are offered for sale (traded). Due to unrealistic buying and selling of shares, there was a “crash” of this market in 1929. Many shares lost much of their value when people panicked and almost everyone tried to sell at the same time.
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Unemployed
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Desempleados
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The condition of being out of work.
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Union
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Unión
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A group of workers joined together to protect their interests.
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Wages
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Salarios
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Money paid to an employee for work done.
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