U.S. History Vocabulary
Across
- 2. to express a formal disapproval of an action
- 6. to deprive from the right to vote
- 9. political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
- 10. policy of transporting children to schools outside their neighborhoods to achieve greater racial balance
- 12. name given to the mass slaughter of jews and other groups by the nazzis during world war ll
- 13. general agreement
- 14. name given to sudden violent offensive attacks the germas used during world war ll; "lightning war"
- 17. investing money at great risk with the anticipation that the prize will rise
- 18. freedom from prosecution
- 20. jellied gasoline used for bombs
Down
- 1. style of music evolving from african american spirtuals and noted for its melancholy sound
- 3. the state or fact of being normal
- 4. a workplace where workers are not required to join a union
- 5. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bankruns
- 7. buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to payy off the value of good
- 8. a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretely within
- 11. the giving out of scarce items on a limited basis
- 15. the belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially
- 16. motion that ends debate and calls for an immediate vote, possible in the US senate by a vote of 60 senators
- 19. american style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and which uses syncopated rythms and melodies