 | Term | Definition |
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emigration |
leaving one country to go to another |
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immigration |
to enter and settle in a coutry or region to which is not native |
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persecute |
to treat people harshly or cruelly and deny their rights |
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discrimination |
treating people differently or unfairly without good reason |
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capital |
money in the form of savings that is invested in a business |
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textile |
cloth or fabric made by weaving threads together |
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sweatshop |
place where people work for low pay and in uncomfortable conditions |
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regulate |
to bring under the control of the law |
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socialism |
program of government and ownership and regulation of certain industries (railroads) |
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investor |
person who lends or used money for a business deal in order to make more money |
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trust |
organization of companies formed with the intention of controlling an industry |
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rebate |
a payment given back to a person or company that purchases a good or service |
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anarchist |
person who wants to do away with all government |
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political machine |
organized group within a political party that is strong enough to control the party |
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inflation |
process that makes money more widely available and therefore less valuable |
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oratory |
practice of giving speeces or reciting poems and essays for an audience |
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scapegoat |
someone or something that reveives that blame for things that go wrong |
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capitalism |
economic system in which the means of production such as land and factories are privately owned and operated for profit; the wealth and goods pass freels between producers and consumers |
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suffrage |
right to vote |
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muckraker |
journalist who informs the public about corruption in business |
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imperialism |
the policy of extending a nation authority by territoral acquisition |
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editorial |
a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinion of its editors or publishers |
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torpedo |
a cigar shaped self-propelled underwater projective punched from a place, ship, or submarine and designed to be detonated by contact with or in the vicinity of the target |
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annexation |
the act or process of incorportating a territory into an existing country or state |
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yellow journalism |
journalism that distorts or exaggerates to sell more |
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lock |
an enclosed chamber in a dam or canal with gates at each end for raising or lowering vessels by admitting or releasing water |
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alliance |
an agreement between countries |
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flank |
the right or left side of a military formation, generally considered the most vulnerable point at which to launch and attack |
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attrition |
weakening by continual assault |
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no man's land |
the land between two opposing lines of trenches |
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shrapnel |
fragments of an exploding shell or bomb |
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mobilize |
to make armed forces and/or economy ready for war |
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stalemate |
a situation where no side is able to gain an advantage |
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barrage |
a wave of artillery fire from many guns |
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sniper |
a solitary marksman |
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