Vocabulary Terms from Ch. 2
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| 309088264 | Tariff | a tax on imported goods | 0 | |
| 309088265 | acid rain | precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids which damages buildings, forests, and crops, and kills wildlife | 1 | |
| 309088266 | free trade | trade without barriers | 2 | |
| 309088267 | dominion | a self-governing area subject to Great Britain | 3 | |
| 309088268 | bilingual | a person who speaks two languages fluently | 4 | |
| 309088269 | civil rights | the rights due to all citizens | 5 | |
| 309088270 | Cold War | A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years. | 6 | |
| 309088271 | terrorist | one who uses threats and violence to promote a cause or achieve their goals | 7 | |
| 309088272 | labor force | the supply of workers | 8 | |
| 309088273 | Holocaust | the organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII | 9 | |
| 309088274 | immigrant | a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there | 10 | |
| 309088275 | Louisiana Purchase | territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million | 11 | |
| 309088276 | segregate | separate by race or religion | 12 | |
| 309088277 | abolitionist | one who opposes the practice of slavery | 13 | |
| 309088278 | Industrial Revolution | the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine | 14 | |
| 309088279 | indigenous | native to a particular place | 15 | |
| 309088280 | missionary | a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others | 16 | |
| 309088281 | indentured servant | Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America | 17 | |
| 309088282 | boycott | refusal to buy or sell certain products or services | 18 |
