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unit 2 vocab
Question | Answer |
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militarism | |
Alliances | |
Imperialism | |
Nationalism | |
Propaganda | |
Contraband | |
Appease | |
Executive order 8802 | prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry. It also set up the Fair Employment Practice Committee. |
Bracero program | a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4, 1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico. |
zoot suit | a man's suit of an exaggerated style, characterized by a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers, popular in the 1940s. |
internment camp | jail camp |
rationing | allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity). |
Victory garden | a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war. |
War bonds | a debt security issued by a government to finance military operations during times of war. |