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Missouri History
Chapter 5
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History
4th Grade
05/02/2013

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jazz
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a mixture of European music and African religious songs that became popular in the 1920's
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invention
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a newly created product
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Great Depression
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a period of "hard times" when many Missourians lost their life savings and jobs
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boycott
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a refusal to buy from a business
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Cold War
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a tense period of time during the 1950s between the Soviet Union and the United States
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Winston Churchill
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gave a famous "Iron Curtain" speech in Missouri
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Omar Bradley
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led over 1 million soldiers in Europe during World War II
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John J. Pershing
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led the American troops in Europe during World War I
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Ivory Perry
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led the boycott against the Jefferson City Bank because they refused to hire African Americans
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inventions from the 1920s
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radios
automobiles
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stocks
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shares, or parts, of ownership in a company
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19th Ammendment
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the change in the Constitution that gave American women the right to vote
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World War I
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the first time in history that countries around the world were at war with each other
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New Deal
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the program started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help struggling Americans get back on their feet
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Civil Rights
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the rights of every citizen
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Allied Powers
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the side in World War I led by Great Britain, France, and Russia
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Central Powers
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the side in World War I that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey
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Allies
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the side in World War II led by Great Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union
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Iron Curtain
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the term used to describe the separation of Communist and free countries in Europe
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Vietnam War
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the war that broke out in Asia in the 1960s
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World War II
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the war that broke out in Europe and Asia at the end of the Great Depression
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segregation
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to separate people because of race
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Harry S. Truman
Definition
was President of the United States
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