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1920-1941 Vocab
AP US History, American Pageant Chapter 35 Vocabulary.
Question | Answer |
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Nationalization | Ownership of the major means of production by the national or federal government |
Dreadnought | A heavily armored battleship |
Accomplice | An associate or partner of a criminal who shares some degree of guilt. |
Reparations | Compensation by a defeated nation for damage done to civilians and their property during a war. |
Pump-priming | In Economics, the spending or lending of a small amount of funds in order to stimulate a larger flow of economic activity. |
Dispossessed | The economically deprived. |
rubber-stamp | to approve a plan or law quickly or routinely, without examination. |
blank-check | referring to permission to use an unlimited amount of money or authority. |
foreign exchange | transfer of credits or accounts between citizens or financial institutions of different nations. |
pinko | communist sympathizer. |
fascist | referring to a political system or philosophy that advocates a mass-based party dictatorship, extreme nationalism, racism, and the glorification of war. |
collective bargaining | Bargaining between an employer and his or her organized work force over hours, wages, and other conditions of employment. |