unit 8 vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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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