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23 Cards in this Set
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consumer goods p.537
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the name given to products made for personal use
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installment buying p.537
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the plan that allows a buyer to take home a product after only paying a part of the selling price; the buyer makes an installment payment each month.
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assembly line p. 538
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process of putting product together one part at a time as they move past a line of workers
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aviation p.539
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air transportation
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commercial industry p. 539
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a company run to make a profit
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jazz p. 539
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a kind of music that grew out of the African American musical heritage.
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stock market p. 542
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a place where people can buy and sell stocks, or shares of businesses
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depression p. 543
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a time where there is little money and little economic growth.
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bureaucracy p. 545
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a growing number of government workers that are needed to run government programs
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unemployment p. 545
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the number of people w/o jobs
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minimum wage p. 545
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the lowest pay a worker can receive by law.
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hydroelectric dam p. 546
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a dam that uses the water it stores to produce electricity ex. Hoover Dam.
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concentration camp p. 551
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Nazi prison for Jews during WWII
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civilian p. 554
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a person who is not in the military
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rationing p. 555
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limiting what can be bought or sold during a war; each citizen was given a coupon book for each kind of item that was rationed
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relocation camp p. 555
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camps that were like prisons where Japanese-Americans were sent during WWII
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front p. 557
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battle line
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D-day p. 557
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day of the largest water to land invasion in history (June 6. 1944)
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Holocaust p. 559
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a deliberate attempt to destroy an entire people; Hitler called it "the final solution to the Jewish problem."
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island-hopping p. 559
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Allied troops would take back the islands one at a time until they reached Tokyo and they would bomb Japan at the same time.
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communism p. 561
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a social and economic system in which all land and industries are owned by the government. Individuals have few rights and little freedom.
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free world p. 561
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the U.S. and its allies were known as the Free World in their fight against communism
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cold war p. 561
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fought with propaganda and money rather than soldiers and weapons.
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