1. 20th CENTURY VOCABULARY WORD DEFINITION PICTURE Military Draft
Depression
Stock Market
19th amendment
Dust Bowl
New Deal
Genocide
Holocaust
Communism
Concentration Camps
Cold War
Arms Race
Civil Rights
Recession
Terrorism
20th CENTURY VOCABULARY

2. WORD
DEFINITION
PICTURE
Military Draft
A law that requires men of a certain age to serve in the military, if called.
Depression
A time when the economy does not grow and people lose jobs and have little money.
Stock Market
A place where people can buy or sell stocks or shares in companies.
19th amendment
Women were given the right to vote.
Dust Bowl
Period of severe drought in the 1930s that destroyed many farms on the Great Plains
New Deal
Series of programs started by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the nation recover from the Great Depression
Genocide
A planned attempt to kill an entire group of people
Holocaust
The mass murder of Jews during World War II
Communism
A political and economic system in which the government owns all industries and property.
Concentration Camps
A prison camp
Cold War
A war fought mostly with words and money rather than soldiers and weapons.
Arms Race
A competition during the Cold War between US and Soviet Union adding new weapons like bombs and missiles.
Civil Rights
The rights that are guaranteed to the people under the Constitution
Recession
A time of slow economic activity.
Terrorism
The use of violence to promote a
cause.