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Unit 7 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressives | those who wanted to improve society |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Prohibition | the ban on the sale of alcohol |
| neutral | not taking a side |
| impeachment | charging a public official with wrongdoing of a crime |
| surplus | more products available than are in demand |
| regulation | a rule created by the government that has the same effect as a law |
| unethical | |
| pardon | a release from punishment for a crime |
| segregation | the separation on people by race |
| stock | a share of ownership in a company |
| depression | a period o flow economic activity and high unemployment |
| Great Depression | |
| pensions | grants of money paid to people who have retired |
| Centennial | the festival in 1936 marking 100 years since Texas declared its freedom from Mexico |
| Dust Bowl | a series of dust storms that created an environmental disaster in the western part of the United States in the 1930s |
| erosion | gradual wearing away of something, such as soil |
| foreclosure | when banks take over property especially farms, because the owners are unable to repay loans |
| tenant farmers | a person who pays rent on a plot of land from its owner and pays for its use with a share of the crop |
| boom-and-bust cycle | a prolonged period of great profits, followed by a sharp decline |
| decline | a recession in businesses income that typically occurs when consumers are spending less |
| Hooverville | derisive name from the camps of cardboard where the homeless lived during the Great Depression, named after Herbert Hoover |
| New Deal | |
| lobbyist | |
| dictator | a ruler who has complete power over a country |
| fascism | a system in which the government has complete control over a country |
| empire | |
| alien | foreign-born residents of a country who have not yet become citizens |
| interment | confinement, especially during wartime |
| World War II | |
| radical | departing from tradition; innovative |
| rationing | limiting the amount of food and goods people can buy, often during times of war |
| blackout | when cities keep their lights off at night for safety during times of war |
| bond | certificates issued by a corporation or the government that promise to repay with interest the amounts borrowed from the buyers |
| diverse | showing a great deal of variety |
| industrialization | the development of industry in a country |
| refugee | someone who is forced to leave their country to escape danger |
| topsoil | The part of the soil where most plants have their roots |
| Herbert Hoover | the 31st president of the U.S Republican and was president when the Great Depression began |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | The 32nd president of the U.S Democrat commonly known as FDR. He was the ONLY president to serve more than 2 terms |
| ensure | to make something certain or secure |
| expansion | the action of becoming larger or more extensive |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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