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US History Chapter 15 vocab
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11th Grade
10/19/2012

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Communism
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official ideology of the soviet union , characterized there by complete government ownership
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Disarmament
Definition
Program in which the nations of the world voluntarily give up their weapons
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Quota
Definition
numerical unit
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Scandal during the Harding adminstration involving the granting of oil drilling
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kellogg-Brand Act
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Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another
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Installment plan
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A payment plan that allows customers to make payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt is paid
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Assembly line
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manufacturing process does one specialized task in the construction of the final product
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Welfare Captialism
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An approach to labor relations in which companies meet some of their workers neeeds without prompting by unions , thus preventing strikes and keeping productivity high
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Speculation
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The practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a huge return
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Buying on Margin
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An option that allows investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest
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