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ESL U.S History
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History
11th Grade
02/12/2011

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Abolitionist
Definition
A person who wanted to end slavary
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Acid rain
Definition
Rain that is polluted by harmful chemicals
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Affirmative Action
Definition
A program for correcting the effects of discrimination
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Agent orange
Definition
A powerful chemical that kills all plant life where it is sprayed
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Alliance
Definition
A partner ship
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Ally
Definition
A nation that joins with other nations for the same Cause
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Ambassador
Definition
A person sent to another country to speak for the goverment of his or her country
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Amendment
Definition
A change or Addition to a document
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Amphibiouse landing
Definition
A planned movement of troops from the sea
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Annex
Definition
To add or take possission of a smaller country
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
The practice of hating Jewish people simply because the are Jewish
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Apeal
Definition
To ask a higher court to review the dicision of a lower court
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Appeasement
Definition
The policy of Given in to someone's dememand in order to keep peace
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Armistics
Definition
An agreement to stop fighting
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Arms race
Definition
A contest to build weapons and millitary power
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Assassinate
Definition
To murder apolitical leader like a president
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Astronomy
Definition
The study of stars and Planets
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Atomic bomb
Definition
A nuclear weapon with enormous power to harm
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Automation
Definition
The use of machines to do jobs once done by people
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Axis Powers
Definition
The countrise that fought the Allies in World War II
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Baby boom
Definition
A large increase in births,especialy in the United States,after World War II
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Barter
Definition
To trade a product or service for another product or service
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Bilingual
Definition
Able to speak two languages very well
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Black Panther Party
Definition
A political party formed to work for the rights of African Americans
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Black Power
Definition
A movement among African Americans to gain political and economic power
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Black codes
Definition
A series of southern laws to limite the frrdom of African Americans
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Black list
Definition
A list of people who are not approved of for employment
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Blokade
Definition
An Action to keep suplies from getting into or out of an area
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Bond
Definition
A paper that shows debt or money owed
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Bonus
Definition
Money given in addition to what is owed
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Boom town
Definition
A camp that grows into a town almost over night
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Border state
Definition
A slave state between the North and the south that remained in the Union during the Civil War
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Boycott
Definition
A nonviolent protest in which people refuse to buy products or use services
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Bribe
Definition
Money paid to get someone to do
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Budget surplus
Definition
The amount of money that is left over after spending
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Cabinet
Definition
A groupe of people chosen by president to give advice
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Canal
Definition
A human-made waterway
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Capitalism
Definition
A system in which private business,farms,and factories compete with one another tomake a profit
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Carpetbagger
Definition
A name for a Norterner who went to the South after the Civil War
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Cash crop
Definition
A Crop grown for sale rather than for use by a farmer
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Cash-and-carry policy
Definition
A plan that let the nations at war buy goods that they could pay cash for and thrn carry home
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Casualty
Definition
A person killed,injured,or captured in war
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Cede
Definition
To surrender something
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Censor
Definition
To make changes in or take parts out
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Charter
Definition
A written agreement giving certain rights
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Civil disobedience
Definition
a nonviolent refusal to obey laws or goverment demands in order to cause change
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Civil rights
Definition
Rights belonging to all citizens
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Civil service
Definition
A system that includes most goverment workers who are appointed rather than elected
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Civil war
Definition
A war between regions or groups of people in the same country
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Civilian
Definition
A person who is not a soldier
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Civilization
Definition
The way of life of people in one place or time
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Coalition
Definition
A temprory alliance of nations for a special action
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Cold war
Definition
A sharp confilct between countries without acual war
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Colony
Definition
A settlement ruled by people from an other land
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Common
Definition
An open area shared by all villagers
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Communism
Definition
An economic system in which the goverment owns all property and businesses
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Company town
Definition
A community set up and run by a company for its workers
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Compass
Definition
An instruument that shows direction
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Conquer
Definition
To take over and control
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Convert
Definition
To change from one religion or belief to another
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Debtor
Definition
A person who owes money to others
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Economy
Definition
The way goods,wealth,and services are created and used
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Empire
Definition
The territories and people under the control of one person
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Geography
Definition
The Study of climates and land forms
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Glacier
Definition
A huge sheet of moving ice
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Indentured Servant
Definition
A person who sings a contract to work for others
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Joint-Stock Company
Definition
A company in which people give money to share costs
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Mission
Definition
Asettlement ,Built by a church,from which people teach their religion to others
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Navigator
Definition
A person who plans the direction of a ship
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Nomad
Definition
A person who travels all the time in search of food
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Treaty
Definition
A written agreement between two or more nations
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