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Laubusch WI Chap 9
Wisconsin Chapter 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To fill with intense fear and shock. | Horrify |
| An American navy base that was bombed in 1941. | Pearl Harbor |
| A time when there are very few jobs and people are very poor. | Depression |
| A system of government in which the government-not the people-owns and runs all property and businesses. | Communism |
| A ruler who has all of the power. | Dictator |
| He was a pilot during WWII from Wisconsin, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. | Richard Bong |
| A period of dry weather. | Drought |
| He believed the Germans were better than other people. | Adolf Hitler |
| This law gave women the right to vote. | 19th Amendment |
| Against the law. | Illegal |
| Grew up in Appleton, WI, was a magician, known for his escape tricks. | Harry Houdini |
| Roosevelt’s idea to help people during the Depression. | New Deal |
| The right to vote. | Suffrage |
| Longest war in our history, lasted over 10 years. | Vietnam War |
| African Americans moved from the South to cities in the North. | Great Migration |
| It was illegal to make or sell alcohol. | Prohibition |
| He led a march in Washington that spoke out against the unfair treatment of black people. | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| A new type of music that was popular in the 1920’s. | Jazz |
| Laws used to keep white people separate from black people. | Jim Crow Laws |
| To separate by race. | Segregate |
| Women who cut their hair short and wore shorter dresses. | Flappers |
| Governor of Wisconsin during the Depression. Wanted to make things easier for people in Wisconsin. | Philip LaFollette |
| A horrible prison camp for Germany’s prisoners during World War II. | Concentration Camp |
| A gathering where people speak out against something. | Protest |
| Attacked Catholics, Jews, immigrants, and especially African Americans. | Ku Klux Klan |
| President during the Depression, he helped create many jobs. | Franklin Roosevelt |
| He fought in WWII on the island of Iwo Jima. He wrote a book about what the war was really like. | James Bradley |
| He fought to end segregation in Milwaukee. He was a white Catholic priest from Bay View. | Fr. James Groppi |
| She grew up in Milwaukee, but moved to Palestine where she became a political leader. | Golda Meir |
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