8Th Grade History End Of Year Vocab Words

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militarism-

Back 1

glorification of the military

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2. nationalism-

Back 2

pride in one's nation or ethnic group

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3. trench warfare-

Back 3

soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches

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4. propaganda-

Back 4

spread of information designed to win support for a cause

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5. mobilize-

Back 5

to prepare for war

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6. illiterate-

Back 6

unable to read or write

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7. convoy-

Back 7

large group of merchant vessels sailing together

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8. communism-

Back 8

economic and political system based on the idea that social classes and the right to private property should be eliminated; the state owns the means of production and a single party rules

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9. armistice-

Back 9

halt in fighting that allows peace talks to begin

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10. self-determinism-

Back 10

right of a group to decide its own form of government

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11. reparations-

Back 11

payments to cover war damages

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12. deport-

Back 12

return to a person's home country

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1. disarmament-

Back 13

eduction or limitation of military armaments

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2. anarchist-

Back 14

people who oppose all organized government

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3. prohibition-

Back 15

total ban on alcoholic drinks

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4. bootlegger-

Back 16

liquor smugglers

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5. speakeasy-

Back 17

illegal taverns that served liquor

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6. installment buying-

Back 18

buying on credit

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7. bull market-

Back 19

period of rising stock prices

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8. buying on margin-

Back 20

borrowing money in order to buy stocks

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1. overproduction-

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situation in which the supply of manufactured goods exceeds the demand

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2. deficit spending-

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situation in which the government spends more money than it receives in taxes

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3. aggression-

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a warlike act by one country against another

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4. appeasement-

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policy of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war

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5. total war- conflict involving not just armies but entire nations

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conflict involving not just armies but entire nations

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6. rationing-

Back 26

act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people can buy

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7. intern-

Back 27

temporarily imprison

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8. braceros-

Back 28

Mexican laborers

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9. island hopping-

Back 29

military tactic in which American forces would capture some Japanese-held islands and go around others

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10. kamikaze-

Back 30

suicide pilots who crashed their planes into American ships

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11. genocide-

Back 31

deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people

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12. war crimes-

Back 32

wartime acts of cruelty and brutality that aer judged to be beyond the accepted rules of war and human behavior