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Unit 7 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| progressives | those who wanted to improve society |
| 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 of a crime |
| surplus | more products that are available more than in demand |
| regulation | a rule created by the government that has the same 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 |
| industrialization | the development of industry in a country |
| refugee | someone who is forced to leave their country to escape danger |
| stock | a share of ownership in a company |
| depression | a period of low economic activity & high unemployment |
| The Great Depression | The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. |
| pensions | grant money paid to people who have retired |
| Centennial | the festival in 1936 marking 100 years since TX declared its freedom from Mexico |
| the Dust Bowl | The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the agriculture of the American prairies during the 1930s. |
| erosion | the gradual wearing of something, such as soil |
| foreclosures | the action of the bank taking possession of a mortgaged property when the mortgagor fails to keep up their mortgage payments. |
| tenant farmers | A tenant farmer is a person who works land that is owned by another person, paying rent in exchange for the use of the land. |
| boom-and-bust cycle | a prolonged period great profits followed by a sharp decline |
| 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 root |
| Hooverville | a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s. |
| New Deal | The New Deal was a series of domestic programs, public work projects, and financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 |
| lobbyist | a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators |
| Herbert Hoover | Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. |
| ensure | to make something certain |
| expansion | the action of becoming larger |
| 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 leader |
| alien | foreign-born residents of a country who have not yet become citizens |
| internment | confinement, especially during wartime |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight David Eisenhower, also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. |
| World War II | World War II (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. |
| radical | departing from tradition |
| rationing | limiting the amount of food and goods people can buy |
| blackout | when cities keep their light off at night for safety during wartime |
| bond | a promise to repay with the interest the amounts borrowed from the buyers |
| diverse | showing a great deal of variety |
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