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To practice for the tests and quizzes go to the Glencoe homepage. You will find flashcards, crosswords, and more.

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LATE WORK POLICY!
     Homework is due on the date that it is assigned to be turned in.  Any homework turned in late will be accepted to the end of the quarter for 1/2 credit.

Vocabulary Lists
 
 
4th Quarter:
 
Chapter 25:  The Depression and FDR
Test and Vocabulary due April 9, 2008
           Vocabulary Words: stock exchange, on margin, default, relief, public works, Bonus Army, Hundred Days, New Deal, work relief, subsidy, fireside chats, Dust Bowl, migrant worker, Spanish Civil War, pension, Second New Deal, Social Security Act, unemployment insurance.
 
 
 
Chapter 26:  World War II
Test and Vocabulary due April 30, 2008
           Vocabulary Words: dictator, fascism, anti-Semitism, totalitarian, appeasement, Nazi Party, Neutrality Acts, Munich COnference, Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, blitzkrieg, lend-lease, disarmament, Atlantic Charter, mobilization, ration, internment camp, D-Day, genocide, Holocaust, island hopping, kamikaze, concentration camps, Manhattan PRoject, Potsdam Declaration, V-E Day, V-J Day.
 
 
Chapter 22 & 28:  Post War America
Project and Vocabulary due: May 14, 2008
           Vocabulary Words: iron curtain, containment, airlift, cold war, Berlin Blockade, NATO, Warsaw Pact, stalemate, demilitarized zone, productivity, standard of living, affluence, baby boom, ghetto, automation, materialism.
 
 
Open the Holocaust worksheet below and use the link to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to answer the questions.

Understanding the Holocaust Worksheet

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

WESTERN JUNIOR HIGH
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Need homework help or have any questions? Contact me at: aoitker@westerncusd12.org

 
 
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mind up to be." Abraham Lincoln