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world war 1 |
war between the allies and the central powers that lasted from 1914 to 1918. |
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alliance |
agreement between nations to defend one another. |
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league of nations |
organization of nations formed after world war 1.. |
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treaty of versailles |
treaty singed in 1919 that officially ended world war 1. |
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isolationism |
policy of avoiding political involvement with other nations. |
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nineteenth admendment |
admendment to the consitution giving women the right to vote. |
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great migration |
african americans to the north in search of work and fair treatment. |
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assembly line |
method of mass production in wihich the product is put together as it moves past a line of workers. |
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harlem renaissance |
cultural movement centered in harlem,an african section of new york city. |
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unemployment |
number of people who are with out a job. |
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stock market |
organized meeting where stock are bought and sold. |
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great depression |
period of severe economic depression that began in1920. |
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new deal |
series of programs started by president franklin d. rosevelt to help the nation rfecover from thhe great depression. |
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dust bowl |
period of severe drought in the 1930s that destroyed many farms on the great plains |
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dictator |
leader with total power. |
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world war 2 |
war fought from 1939 to 1945 between the allies and the axis,andinvolving most of the countries in the world. |
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concentration camp |
prison in which the nazis enslaved and murdered millions of people during world war 2. |
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holocaust |
murder of six million jews during world war 2. |
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atomic bomb |
powerful type of bomb with destructive force of 20,000 tons of ordinary explosives. |