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24 Cards in this Set
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Island-hopping
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The process of the allies capturing island after island as they advanced toward Japan in World War II.
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Minimum Wage
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The lowest pay a worker can receive by law.
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Consumer Goods
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A product made for personal use.
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Bureaucracy
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The many workers and groups needed to run government programs.
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Aviation
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Air transportation.
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Suburb
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A community or neighborhood that lies outside a city.
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Assembly Line
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A system of mass production in which parts of a product, such as a car, are put together as they move past a line of workers.
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Installment Buying
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Paying a small part of the purchase price for an item, taking it home, and paying the remaining cost on a schedule.
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Front
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A battle line.
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Communism
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A social and economic system in which all industries, land, and businesses are owned by a government.
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Concentration Camp
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A guarded camp where prisoners are held.
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D Day
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June 6, 1944, the day the World War II Allies worked together in the largest water-to-land invasion in history.
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Holocaust
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The murder of more than six million Jews in concentration camps during World War II.
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Classify
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to sort
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Depression
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A period of time in which there is little money and little economic growth.
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Free World
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The United States and its allies who worked together to fight communism.
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Cold War
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A war fought with propaganda and money rather than with soldiers and weapons.
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Commercial industry
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An industry run to make a profit
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Stock Market
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A place where people can buy and sell stocks, or shares in businesses.
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Jazz
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A kind of music that grew out of the African American musical heritage.
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Unemployment
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The number of workers without jobs.
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Relocation Camps
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Prisonlike camps in which Japanese Americans were held after the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941.
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Hydroelectric dams
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A dam that uses stored water to generate electricity.
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Rationing
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Limiting what people can buy.
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