"The American Pageant," Vocabulary from Chapters 33-35

This list focuses on the Great Depression, the New Deal, FDR, and World War II (1933-1945).

Here are links to all the chapters in Part Five, Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad: Chapters 28-29, Chapters 30-32, Chapters 33-35

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  1. depression
    a long-term economic state with unemployment and low prices
  2. relief
    assistance in time of difficulty
  3. recovery
    the act of regaining or saving something lost
  4. measure
    a statute in draft before it becomes law
  5. deposit
    money saved in a bank or some similar institution
  6. insurance
    promise of reimbursement in the case of loss
  7. employment
    the act of giving someone a job
  8. infrastructure
    basic facilities needed for the functioning of a country
  9. stimulant
    any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
  10. adjustment
    amount added or deducted based on qualifying circumstances
  11. allotment
    distribution according to a plan
  12. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  13. security
    financial instrument documenting ownership of an investment
  14. utility
    a company that performs a public service
  15. minimum
    the smallest possible quantity
  16. maximum
    the largest possible quantity
  17. socialism
    an economic system based on state ownership of capital
  18. stabilize
    keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
  19. reciprocal
    concerning each of two or more persons or things
  20. totalitarianism
    a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
  21. appeasement
    the act of acceding to demands
  22. precarious
    fraught with danger
  23. lease
    grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
  24. arsenal
    all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  25. aggression
    violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
  26. menace
    something that is a source of danger
  27. convoy
    escort in transit
  28. combat
    an engagement fought between two military forces
  29. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
  30. dictator
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  31. internment
    confinement during wartime
  32. ration
    restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity
  33. invigorate
    impart strength or vitality to
  34. atrocity
    an act of shocking cruelty
  35. unconditional
    not modified or restricted
  36. surrender
    the act of giving up
  37. axis
    a group of countries in special alliance
  38. retreat
    withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
  39. liberate
    grant freedom to; free from confinement
  40. depose
    force to leave an office
  41. indispensable
    absolutely necessary
  42. aerial
    existing, living, growing, or operating in the air
  43. amphibious
    operating or living on land and in water
  44. penetrate
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
  45. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  46. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  47. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  48. detonation
    violent release of energy by a chemical or nuclear reaction
  49. emerge
    come out of
  50. unscathed
    not injured
Created on Tue Nov 22 13:08:43 EST 2016 (updated Mon Dec 05 18:21:45 EST 2016)

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