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unit 8 vocab

TermDefinition
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 own the land and the means of production
free enterprise an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capitol 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 U.S. and the Soviet Union from the end of WWII through the 1980's
Dwight D. Eisenhower commonly know 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 JKF, became the president after the JKF 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
satellite a human made object sent to space to orbit the earth
National Aeronautics Space Administration Commonly known as NASA . Located in Houston Tx, 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 a substance made from oil or natural gases
carbon black a fine, black powder made by heating oil at high temperatures
boom-and-bust cycle a prolonged period of great profits, followed by a sharp decline
OPEC the organization of petroleum exploring countries s group of nations banded together to control the oil industry
embargo an order to stop trade with a certain nation
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