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unit 7 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| progressives | the people working for the reforms |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| prohibition | a ban on the sale of alcohol |
| neutral | not taking a side |
| impeachment | charging a public official with wrongdoing or 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 | wrong and unacceptable according to rules or beliefs about morality |
| pardon | a release from punishment for a crime |
| segregation | the separation of people by race |
| stock | a share of ownership in a company |
| depression | a period of low economic activity |
| Great depression | a severe global economic downturn that affected many counties across the world.It started with a sharp decline in stock prices in |
| pensions | grants of money paid to people who have retired |
| centennial | the festival in 1936 making 100 years since Texas had declared its freedom from Mexico |
| dust bowl | was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the american prairies during the 1930s |
| industrialization | the development of industry in a country |
| refugee | someone who is forced to leave their country to escape |
| erosion | the gradual wearing away of something, such as as soil |
| boom and bust cycle | a prolonged period of great profits followed by a sharp decline |
| tenant farmers | a person who rents a plot of land from its owner and pays for its use with a share of the crops |
| decline | a recession in businesses income that typically occurs when consumers are spending less. |
| topsoil | the part of the soil where most plants have their roots |
| hooverville | dersivise name for the name of the camps made of cardboard where the homeless lived during the great depression |
| new deal | a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by FDR in order to get out of the great depression |
| lobbyist | a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators |
| herbert hoover | the 31s 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 |
| exspansion | the action of becoming larger or more extensive |
| dictator | a ruler who has complete power over a country |
| fascism | a system in which the government has complete control over a country. |
| empire | groups of countries united under the power of a single ruler |
| alien | foreign-born residents of a country who have not yet become citizens |
| internment | confinement, especially during wartime |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | commonly known as Ike, he was the 34th president of the U.S (republican) he was a 5 star army genera before becoming president |
| world war II | the second global conflict that lasted from 1939-1945. Most of the worlds countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances. |
| 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 | a promise to repay with interest the amounts borrowed from the buyers |
| diverse | showing a great deal of veriety |
| foreclosures | the action of the bank ownership of a property because the mortgagor fails to be able to make payments |
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