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The __________________ is a time period marking the most severe economic downturn in the nation's history, which lasted from 1929 to 1941.
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The competition that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world, lasting until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 is known as the ________________________.
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Government funded projects to build public facilities is knows as the ________________________.
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The system by which each of the branches of the Federal Government can check the actions of the other branches is called _______________________.
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A radical who opposes all government is known as an ______________.
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_____________________________ is hositlity or discrimination toward Jews.
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Code name for the allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944 is ___________________.
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President Franklin Roosevelt's relief, recovery and reform program called the ___________________ is designed to combat the Great Depression is
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____________________ is the social reform movement that developed within religious institutions and sought to apply the teachings of Jesus directly to society.
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A _____________________ is an American soldier in World War II derived from the term "Government Issue".
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____________________ is the devotion to one's own nation.
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The process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature is a ______________________________.
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A group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board is known as a ___________________.
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_____________________ is a system of government characterized by complete government ownership of land and property, the single-party control of government, the lack of individual rights, and the call for a worldwide revolution.
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A license that gives an inventor exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention is an ____________________.
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A non citizen is called an _____________.
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The period from 1890-1920 in which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, and federal level is known as the ________________________.
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In 1865 the ________________________________ was passed putting an official end to slavery in the United States.
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The ________________ was the intense fear of communism and other politically radical ideas.
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___________________ is an extreme form of fascism shaped by Adolf Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority.
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Doctrine stating that the government should generally not interfere in private business (hands off approach to business) is called ______________________.
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_______________________ is the nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change that law.
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______________________ is the organized killing of an entire people.
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Information intended to sway public opinion is ________________________.;
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The _____________ is also known as the war between the states and took place from 1861-1865.
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The _____________________ is a process developed which makes steel more efficiently.
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The first ten amendments of the constitution are called the ____________________.
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The Secret American program during World War II to develop an atomic bomb is known as the __________________________.
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_______________________ is the ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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The production of goods in great amounts is known as _____________.
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The process by which workers negotiate as a group with their employers for working conditions and benefits is known as ______________________>
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______________________ is a policy of aggressively building up a nation's armed forces in preparation for war, as well as giving the military more authority over the government and foreign policy.
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Policy by which a stronger nation attempts to create an empire by dominating other weaker nations or areas.
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The belief that society should do as little as possible to interfere with people's pursuit of success is called ______________________.
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The procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election is a ___________________.
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The ______________________ was a speech given by Lincoln in 1863 that starts with the famous words, "Four score and seven years ago".
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The 1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war and to support and protect each nation involved is __________________________.
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The policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants is ___________________.
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A _____________________________ is a place where politcal prisoners are confined, usually under harsh conditions.
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Nazi Germany's systematic attempt to murder all European Jews is the ______________________.
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The __________________ is time period from 1865-1877 in which the damage done to the South from the Civil War was repaired.
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The ______________________________ is the conflict over the future of the Korean peninsula, fought between 1950 and 1953 ending in a stalemate.
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The system established by the 1935 Social Security Act to provide financial security, in the form of regular payments, to people who cannot support themselves is the _________________________.
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A government by the people is called a _______________.
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A _________________________ is the complete control of a product or service.
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The __________________________ is an area of economic and political control exerted by one nation over another nation or other nations.
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_________________________ is the economic and political philosophy that favors public (social) control of property and income.
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A ___________________ government exerts total control over the nation and citizens' lives.
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A _________________________ is a government run by the people through elected officials.
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Signed in 1919, the ___________________ ended World War I.
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