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15 Cards in this Set
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Textiles |
Or woven cloth was the first industry to be moved to factories. |
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Union |
Spoke of all the workers in a factory or industry and bargained for better working conditions higher pay and a shorter working day. |
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Imperialism |
European countries claimed colonies in Africa and ASIA in the late 1800's. |
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Alliance |
various countries agreed to support one another in times of war. |
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Holocaust |
the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps during World War II |
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Genocide |
The mass murder of a people because of race, religon, ethnicity, |
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cold war |
the global competition between the democratic united states and its allies and the communist soviet union and its supporters came |
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nuclear weapons |
an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. |
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blockaded |
To closed off all land and water traffic into Berlin. |
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airlift |
a system of carrying supplies into Berlin by airplane. |
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glasnost |
or openness the soviet people could criticize the system without fear of being punished. |
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perestroika |
the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union |
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capitalism |
investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations |
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euro |
the official currency unit, divided into 100 cents, of the member countries of the European Union |
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deterrence |
this policy is designed to deter or discourage an attack. |
