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Early 20th Century
texas history early 20th century vocabulary
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7th Grade
04/16/2013

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Ration
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To limit food or goods to ensure adequate supplies to soldiers
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Depression
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A period of low economic activity often marked by high unemployment
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Supply and Demand
Definition
Prices go down as supply increases.
If supply decreases, prices go up.
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Boom and Bust
Definition
Economic prosperity gives way to hard times
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Stocks
Definition
Shares of ownership in a corporation
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Urban
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Relating to life in a city; growing industries led to the movement into urban areas in Texas
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Rural
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Relating to life in the country; agriculture
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New Deal
Definition
In the 1932 Presidential election, Franklin D. Roosevelt presented this plan for programs to get the U.S. out of Depression
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Refinery
Definition
A building equipped to refine or process products such as oil, metals, or sugar
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Consumer Goods
Definition
Products such as washing machines, cars, and refrigerators which the general public buys
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Dictator
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A leader who controls an area through absolute power
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Neutral
Definition
Favoring neither side in a conflict
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Communist
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Adhering to Communism, a theory in which goods are held in common (no private property) and distributed according to need
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Alliance (ally)
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An agreement by two or more nations, people, or groups to work together
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Concentration Camps
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Camps where people are detained or confined as prisoners of war, political prisoners or refugees
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Holocaust
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The name given to the Nazis’ mass murder of European Jews in World War II
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Decline
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To decrease in value
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Terrain
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Land, region, or territory
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Primarily
Definition
Mainly or most importantly
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Excerpt
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Part of a longer passage of writing
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Prominent
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Easily noticed
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Significant
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important
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Indifferent
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Not interested or concerned
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Acquisition (acquire)
Definition
Something gotten or gained
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Grievance
Definition
A complaint
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