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| labor unions | groups formed by workers to advance their interests |
| suburbs | residential communities outside of a city |
| communism | an economic system in which the state owns the land and the means of production |
| free enterprise | an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decisions rather than by state control, and determined in a free market. |
| cold war | The struggle of power between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of WWII through the 1980's. |
| dwight d. eisenhower | Commonly known as Ike, he was the 34th president of the U.S. (Republican) He was a 5 star army general before becoming president. |
| lyndon b. johnson | Vice president to JFK, became the president after the JFK assassination. LBJ was from Texas and the 36th president of the U.S. |
| civil rights | the rights due to all U.S. citizens under the constitution |
| primary election | an election in which voters choose the candidates for the general election |
| satelites | a human made object sent into space to orbit the Earth. |
| national aeronautics and space administration | commonly known as NASA. Located in Houston Texas, the world leader in space exploration |
| international space station | a flying laboratory that orbits Earth and is home to astronauts from all around the world |
| petrochemical | |
| carbon black | |
| boom and bust cycle | |
| opec | |
| embargo | |
| hydraulic fracturing | |
| fracking | |
| maquiladoras | |
| agribusiness | |
| hybrid | |
| NAFTA | |
| infrastructure | |
| diversity | |
| retail | |
| research and devolpment | |
| michael dell | |
| fraud | |
| limited convention | |
| george w bush |