Texas History 1900-1940 Vocabulary

Elections in which voters select persons to run in the later general elections.

• Primary election

• General election

• Special election

• Runoff election

Items produced for personal use.

• Consumer goods

• Industrial goods

• Raw materials

• Capital goods

Tax on voting.

• Poll tax

• Income tax

• Sales tax

• Property tax

Businesses owned and operated for the benefit of the members of an organization.

• Cooperative stores

• Franchise businesses

• Sole proprietorships

• Public corporations

Not aligned with either side during a conflict.

• Hostile

• Neutral

• Partisan

• Biased

Proportionate division or distribution.

• Proration

• Allocation

• Distribution

• Segmentation

Shares of ownership in a company.

• Bonds

• Stocks

• Mutual Funds

• Options

Combining efforts by companies to prevent competition in an industry.

• Pooling

• Competing

• Monopolizing

• Collaborating

The banning of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

• Prohibition

• Regulation

• Legalization

• Permittance

One-hundredth anniversary.

• Centennial

• Bicentennial

• Tricentennial

• Millennial