Goal 8

By: Cody Godwin

Coins

• Metal money

Labor Union

• Organization formed to improve working conditions

Check

• Slip of paper used to withdraw money from an account with out visiting the bank

Currency

• Money used in trade

Bonds

• Government issued agreements to repay money borrowed

Taft-Hartley Act

• Prevented Unions from using closed shops

Strike

• Union workers protest work until conditions improve

Lock-out

• Businesses close their doors to striking workers

Debit Card

• Allows money to be spent straight from the bank

Collateral

• Something given to insure the outcome of something

Goal 9

By: Cody Godwin

Foreign trade

• Trade with foreign powers

Discount rate

• Money banks pay the federal reserve to borrow money

Silicon valley

• Center of the US computer industry

Microsoft case

• Microsoft was accused of forming an illegal monopoly

NIMBY

• Phrase used to oppose businesses opening near residential areas

Patriot Act

• Increased law enforcements ability to track possible terrorists

Clean Air Act

• Regulates how much pollution can be released into the atmosphere

Revenue

• Money the government takes in

“Easy money” policy

• More people can borrow money

Clean Water Act

• Regulates how much water can be released into the water