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| The name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War 2 |
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| To acquire a piece of U.S public land by living and cultivating it |
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| Rights regarded as belonging to all persons, such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution |
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| To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
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| The action used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations |
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| A continuous rise in the price of goods and services |
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| The right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval |
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| A court order to stop an action, such as a strike |
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| A system for buying goods in which customers promise to pay small regular amounts over a period of time |
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| A person who revolts against civil authority; rebel |
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| - To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society |
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| Detention center where Japanese Americans were moved to and confined during World War 2 |
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| Across state lines; connecting or existing between two state lines |
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| A political and military barrier that isolate Soviet controlled countries of eastern Europe after World War 2 |
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A strategy used during World War 2 that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and using these islands as bases to leapfrog to others
106. Isolationism- a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
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| a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
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| American music developed from ragtime and blues with African rhythms |
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| Emperor; the leader of Germany from 1871 to 1918 |
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| During World War 2, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target |
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| Rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels |
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| An active effort to improve educational and employment opportunities for minority groups and women |
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| The state of having much wealth |
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| A chemical herbicide used to clear jungle growth in the Vietnam |
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| A system of transporting food and supplies by aircraft into an area otherwise impossible to reach |
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| Defense agreements among nation |
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| The granting of pardon to a large number of persons; protection of prosecution for an illegal act |
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| Person who believes that there should be no government |
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| Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews |
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Racial separation and economic and political discrimination against nonwhites, a policy formerly practiced in the republic of South Africa |
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| Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict |
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Settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider |
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| A temporary peace agreement to end fighting |
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| The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to build more weapons in an effort to surpass the others military strength |
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| A system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as items pass before him or her |
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To absorb a group into the culture of a larger population |
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Government in which one person has unlimited power |
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| The distribution of power among nations so that no single can dominate or interfere with another |
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| The condition of being unable to pay one's debts; one’s property is managed or sold to pay those whom one owes money |
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Laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed at controlling freedmen and enabling plantation owners to exploit African American workers |
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| List of persons who are disapproved of and are punished, such as being refused jobs |
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| Name given to the sudden, violent offensive attacks the Germans used during World War 2 |
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| Cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country’s ports |
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| To refuse in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one’s terms |
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| The amount by which government spending exceeds revenue |
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| An economic system based on private property and free |
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| Northerner who moved to the south after the civil war |
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| Farm crop raised to be sold for money |
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| To express formal disapproval of some action |
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| Protective measures taken in case of attack |
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| Refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust as a nonviolent way to the press |
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| A workplace in which the employer by agreement hires only union members |
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| A group united for action |
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| A struggle over political differences between nations carried on by methods short of war |
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| Discussion between an employer and union representatives of workers over wages, hours, and working conditions |
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| Prison camps used to hold people for political reasons |
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| Person who refuses military service on the basis of moral and religious beliefs |
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| The protection and preservation of natural resources |
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| The practice of combining separate companies into one |
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| The policy or process of preventing the expansion of natural resources |
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| A group that travels with something, such as a ship, to protect it |
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| Store where farmers bought products from each other; an enterprise owned and operated by those who use it services |
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| A business in which investors own shares |
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| Dishonest or illegal actions |
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| A social movement whose values go against those of established society |
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1. Military or political activities intend to combat terrorism |
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| Lack of belief; a term used to describe the lack of trust in the Johnson administration's statements about the Vietnam War |
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| To fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one |
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| An excuse, issued by the draft board the lets a person be excused from military service for various reasons |
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| The shortage that occurs when spending is greater than income |
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| The government spending more money than it takes in |
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| A region where no military forces or weapons are permitted |
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To send out of a country aliens who are considered dangerous |
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| The act of cutting the restrictions and regulations that government places on business |
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To end the practice separating or isolating people of different races |
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| A policy which attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations |
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| A leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner |
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| Unfair treatment of a group; unequal treatment because of a person’s race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth |
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| Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion |
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| A stockholder's share of a company’s profits, usually as a cash payment |
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| A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad |
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| The practice of companies laying off workers to become more efficient and to increase their earnings |
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| The way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in ground where there is some moisture |
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| An order prohibiting trade with another country |
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| To leave one’s place of residence or country to live somewhere else |
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| A minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs than the majority of people in a country. People who share a common language and traditions |
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| The scientific theory of that humans and other living things have evolved over time |
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| A rule issued by a chief executive that has the force of law |
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| President Nixon’s belief that all white house conversations should be kept secret to protect national security |
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| A policy that calls for expanding a nation’s boundaries |
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| A person who gives up his or her home country and chooses to live in another country |
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| A political system, headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance for opposition |
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| A person with extremely nationalistic views |
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| The amount of money owed by the government |
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| A person who advocates or is active in promoting women's rights |
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| A young woman of the 1920’s who defied conventions in her behavior and dress |
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| The absence of trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries |
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| A person who believes in the literal meaning of religious texts and follows strict obedience to religious laws |
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| The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural groups |
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| The idea that the world’s economies and societies are all a part of one big system |
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| A steady increase in average world temperatures |
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| A clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before reconstruction began |
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| People at the local level organizing for political reasons |
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| The value of all the goods and services produced in a nation in a one-year period |
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| The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation’s residents during a year, regardless of where production takes place |
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| A hit-and-run technique used in fighting warfare; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes |
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| - Originally, an agricultural college established as a result of the 1862 Morrill Act that gave states large amounts of federal land that could be sold to raise money for education |
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| American who has come to the United States from or is descended from people who came from Latin America or Spain |
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| To hand over property in return for rent |
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| High walls or an embankment to prevent flooding in low-lying areas |
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| A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write at a specified level |
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| The herding of cattle for 1,000 miles or more to meet the railroad |
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| Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob |
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| The law applied by military forces in occupied territory or in an emergency |
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| Types of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as newspapers, radio, and television |
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| The production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line |
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| Attaching too much importance to physical possessions and comforts |
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| A social program that gives the states money to help those who cannot afford to pay for their hospital bills |
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| a social program that helps pay for the elderly |
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| The combining of two or more businesses into one |
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| A person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables |
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| A building up of military strength within a country |
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| Gathering resources and preparing for war |
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| America's first mass production car made by the Ford Motor Company |
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| Total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
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| A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society |
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| An explosive material dropped from planes during the Vietnam |
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| The first farmers’ organization in the United States |
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| Intense loyalty to one’s nation or group and promotion of its interests above all others |
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| National Self-Determination |
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| The right of people to decide how they should be governed |
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| The belief that those born in a country are superior to immigrants |
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| market in which a few large companies control prices for an industry |
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| To return or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress |
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| Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
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| A sum paid regularly to a person, usually after retirement |
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| Lying when one has sworn an oath to tell the truth |
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| A tax of a fixed amount per person that had to be paid before the person could vote |
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| A level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to government standards |
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| How much work each worker does |
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| The nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor in the United States that went into effect when the eighteenth amendment was ratified |
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| Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
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| A country that is technically independent, but is actually under the control of another country |
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| Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use |
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| An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country |
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| A type of music with a strong rhythm and a lively melody with accented notes, which was popular in early 1900s |
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| Powerful and aggressive businessmen who controlled the nation’s railroads |
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| To give out scarce items on a limited basis |
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| An approach to literature and the arts that shows things as they really are |
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| - Discount or return part of a payment |
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| The right that enables voters to remove elected officials from office |
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| A downward turn in business activity |
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| The reorganization and rebuilding of the former confederate states after the civil war. |
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| The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature |
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| Art or literature focused on a particular region of the country |
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| Aid for the needy; welfare |
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| Payment by a defeated aggressor nation for damages caused by war |
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| An area of public lands set aside for Native Americans |
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| Money raised from federal taxes and given to the states for use at the state and local levels |
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| The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group |
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| Institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and classes in English |
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| System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop |
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| A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owner |
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| The act of occupying seat or sitting on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest |
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| Poor, crowded, and rundown urban neighborhoods |
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| Person who believes industries should be publicly owned and run by the government rather than by private individuals |
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| Section of a country where one foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers |
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| Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all |
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| A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in |
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| Cramped quarters on a ship’s lower deck for passengers paying the lowest fares |
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| Shares of ownership a company sells in its business which often carry voting power |
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| A place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system |
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| Person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break up a strike |
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| Grant of money from the government to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the public |
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| Residential area that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation |
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| An attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within |
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| A man or woman who fought for a woman’s right to vote |
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| A meeting of heads of government |
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| An economic theory that proposes tax cuts as means of stimulating the economy to produce more goods and services |
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| Excess; Amount left over after necessary expenses are paid |
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| A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions |
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| A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety |
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| An area that is completely controlled by another country as a colonial possession |
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| The use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal |
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| The practice of raising interest rates to slow personal spending |
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| A political system in which the government suppresses all opposition and controls most aspects of people's lives |
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| The situation when the value of a country’s region foreign imports exceeds the values of its exports |
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| Organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
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| Extending across a continent |
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| A combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
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| Someone who breaks up a trust into smaller companies |
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| German submarine in the World Wars 1 and 2 |
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| Payments by the government for a limited period of time to people who have lost their jobs |
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| Nixon’s policy that called for South Vietnam to take a more active role in fighting the war and for Americans to become less involved |
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| People who take the law into their own hands |
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| Programs that gave needy people government jobs |
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| Writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers, named for stories that were popular during the late 1800s; a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting |
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