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Final Exams-Civics
Audrey Kim
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History
7th Grade
05/30/2008

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The Red Scare

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The period of time when the government went after the "Reds" otherwise known as the communists of people with other radical views
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Anarchist

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A person that beleives that there should be no government
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Warren G. Harding
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The 29 president that is remembered for the scandals that his presidency carried such as the Teapot Dome scadal. Also remebered for the friends that he apponted into high offices that turned out to be no good, double crossing, yellow bellied losers.
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Ohio Gang

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The group of people President Warren G. Harding put into high positions that were involved in man scandals in his presidency.
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Teapot Dome scandal

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The most famous scandal that happened during Harding's presidency that involved Albert Fall renting government oil to two oil companies and recieving more than $400,000
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Calvin Coolidge 

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The 30th president after Harding's death. He brought honesty back into the government after Harding and his corrupted officers.

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Recession

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A downward turn in business activity

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Assembly Line

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

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A plan used by companies to link the workers closely to the company. Saftey programs and health insurance was some of the tthings companies set up.

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Intstallment Buying

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A system of paying for goods in which customers promise to pay small regular amounts over a period of time
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Mass Media

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Types of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as radio, newspaper, and television

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The Jazz Age

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The period of time when many people prospered and lived life in an idle, carefree way
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Temperance Movement

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A crusade against alcohol
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Prohibition

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The forbiding by law the making and selling of alcoholic beverages
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Speakeasies

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Clubs that illegaly made and sold alcohol
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Scopes Trial

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A trial that argued about the law that made teaching evolutionism illegal. In the end, the law was upturned
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Stock Exchange

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An organized system of buying and selling stocks
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Buy on Margin

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Pay only a part and get the rest of the money from stockbrokers
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Great Depression

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A remembered period of time when there was low economy activity and wide spread uneymployment

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Hoovervilles

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Shantytowns named after president Hoover because of his failure in stopping the Great Depression
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The 32nd president. He is remembered for his action to stop the Great Depression
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The New Deal

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The laws that FDR passed during the Hundred days
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The Hundred Days

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The first three months in Roosevelt's office when he sent 15 new proposals to Congress, who approved them all
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Dust Bowl

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The area in the Great Plains where drought and storms have eroded away soil to make dust. Then the wind would pick up the dust to make huge dust storms.
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Allied Powers

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U.S., England, France, Soviet Union (Russia)
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Axis Powers

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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Dictator

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Leaders who control their nations by force
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Facism

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Extreme nationalism and racism
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Nazi Party

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Hitler's political party
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Totalitarian State

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Leader supresses other political parties and controls the lives of people under his/her command
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Anti-Semitism

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Hatred for Jews

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Appeasement

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accepting demands in order to avoid conflict
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Harry Truman

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33rd president. Served during WWII

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Winston Churchill

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Leader of England
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Charles de Gaulle

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Leader of France
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Josef Stalin

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Leader of Soviet Union (Russia)
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Adolf Hitler

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Dictator of Germany
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Benito Mussolini

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Dictator of Italy
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Emperor Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan
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Genocide

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The killing of an entire racial, political, or cultural group
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Holocaust

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The period of time when thousands of Jews and others were killed because of Anti-Semitism by Hitler and his men
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