7.6 Vocabulary Quiz

Irrigation

• supply of water to land or crops to help growth

• A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity

• a refusal to work by employees as a form of protest to gain something from their employer.

Boom & Bust Cycle:

• A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity

• alternate periods of high and low levels of economic activity in the business cycle. 

Boom Town

• the breaking down, transportation, and deposition of topsoil by the wind

• A town undergoing rapid growth due to sudden prosperity

monopoly

• exclusive possession or control, especially with regard to business

• make changes in something,

• a refusal to work by employees as a form of protest to gain something from their employer.

suffrage

• Right to vote

• people suffering

• a refusal to work by employees as a form of protest to gain something from their employer.

19th Amendment

• gave WOMEN the right to vote

• gave ALL MEN the right to vote

• gave Hispanics the right to vote

strike

• punch or kick

• make changes in something,

• a refusal to work by employees as a form of protest to gain something from their employer.

reform

• gave women the right to vote

• make changes in something,

• exclusive possession or control, especially with regard to business

Ally/Allies

• people united for a common purpose

• people fighting for a common purpose

• Outlawing alcohol (Making it illegal)

Isolationist

• Outlawing alcohol (Making it illegal)

• staying out of/ not getting involved with other countries

• cultivating of the land to an excessive degree that breaks down the productivity of soil