US His Final Exam VOCAB

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Initiative

the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters of the legislature for approval

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Prohibition

banning of alcohol

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Recall

the right that enables voter to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office

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Referendum

the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

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5

Suffrage

the right to vote

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6

Alliances

a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations

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Militarism

a policy of aggressive military preparedness

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Nationalism

a policy of aggressive military preparedness

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9

Propaganda

the spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion

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10

Victory Garden

gardens planted by citizens during the war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more for the troops

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Assembly Line

a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her

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12

Credit

an amount or sum of money placed at a person's disposal by a bank on condition that it will be repaid with interest

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13

Disposable

referring to the money remaining to an individual after deduction of taxes

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14

Mass Production

the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line

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15

Model T

automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927

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16

Bank Run

when too many people attempt to withdraw their money from a bank in fear that the bank will collapse

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17

Bull Market

A long period of rising stock prices

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18

Installment

regular periodic payment made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit

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19

Margin Call

demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin

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20

Speculation

the act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise

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21

New Frontier

Kennedy's legislative agenda

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22

Reapportionment

the method states use to draw up political districts based on changed in population

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23

Republican Candidate (Election of 1960)

Richard Nixon

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Democratic Candidate (Elections of 1960)

John F Kennedy

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25

Cold Warriors

Both candidates in 1960 wanting to stop communism

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26

Revenue sharing

federal tax money that is distributed among the states

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27

Impound

the take possession of

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28

Détente

a policy that attempt to relax or ease tensions between nation

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29

Summit

a meeting between heads of government

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30

Welfare

aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need, especially disadvantaged social groups

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For Ch 22 & 25 those words aren't really vocab words so I don't have a definition for them

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