Unit 7: US as a World Superpower

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During World War 1, the nations who fought together against the Central Powers: Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States.

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Allied Powers

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World War II the nations who fought together against the Axis; Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union

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Allies

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During World War II, the nations who fought together against the Allies; Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Axis

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During World War I, the nations who fought together against the Allied Powers; Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.

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Central Powers

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An economic and political system developed on a national level in the Soviet Union and in China. Government owns all the land and most industries in the name of the people.

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Communism

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A form of government that gives all power to the state; does away with individual freedoms, and uses the military to enforce the law.

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Fascism

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Another name for the decade of the 1920's when the jazz style of music became widely known and popular.

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Jazz Age

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One of a group of writers who helped spread progressive ideas in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The name came from the fact that the writers exposed "muck" or shameful conditions in American business and society.

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Muckraker

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change for the better.

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Reform

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The right to vote

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Suffrage