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review Stock - a share in business ownership. Speculation - a risky business venture involving buying or selling property in hope of making a large, quick profit, making investments in the stock market. Margin - to "buy on margin" means that the broakerage house lends money to someone to buy securities. If the stock goes up, all the profits(minus the intrest charged on the loan) are the purchasers. Depression - a period of extended and severe decline in a nation's economy, marked by low production and high unemployment. Unemployment - the condition of being out of work; the number of unemployed persons relative to the potential labor force. Foreclosure - the legal procedure for reclaiming a piece of property when the buyer is unable to keep up the mortgage payments. Dole - money or goods given as a charity; during the Great Depression, government relief payments; to be "on the dole" was to receive such payments regularly. Subsidy - a government grant of money to an individual or company for purspose of thought to benefit society. Discrimination - the denial of rights because of someones race, religion, age, sex, or other quality. Federal Regulation - Control by the federal government rather then by private intrests. Alliance - a pact or associations of nations joined in a common cause. Mobilization - preparation for war including both military and civilian efforts. Conscription - compulsory enrollment in military service, the draft. Doughboys - nickname for the United States infantrymen in WWI. Propaganda - a form of public information used to mold public opinion by employing techniques such as the use of emotionally charged language, name calling, appeals to peer pressure, the bandwagon approach. Civil Liberties - freedom to enjoy the rights guaranteed by the constitution of the state or nation. Bolshevism - a radical socialist ideology; from Bolshevik the Russian revolution. Irreconcilables - during WWI, a group of senators who opposed a League of Nations and could not be reconciled to voting for it. Reservationist - a group in the u.s. congress who approved the idea of the league of nations with reservations they would support it if certain modifications were made to the proposal. Fascist - a follower of a political philosophy that preached nationalism and racism Totalitarian- a government controlled by a single person or party; suppressing freedom and controlling every aspect of life. Totalitarian - a government controlled by a single or party; suppressing freedom and controlling every aspect of life. Appeasement - the policy of compromising or giving in to the demands of a hostile nation in hope of maintaining peace. Blitzkrieg - an intensive attack, often combining air and land forces, from the German blitzkrieg or "lightening war." Isolationism - avoidance of conflicts and alliances with other nations; indifference to affairs outside the united states; at the beginning of WWII, a policy of forming no alliances and taking no sides. Interventionism - the policy of intervening, or interfering in the affairs of another nation in WWII the position of those who opposed isolationism and believed the United States should give all possible support, short of war, to the allied forces. Unconditional Surrender - a surrender with out any consessions. Containment - after WWII, the united states policy of securing the peace by trying to contian communism, or keep it from expanding beyond its current boarders. Domino Theory - a theory that if one country fell to communism, other countries in turn would fall, just like dominoes. Guerrilla Warfare - fighting by small, independent bands, using tactics such as sabotage and sudden ambushes. Deferment - the postponement of a persons induction into military service for reasons such as health or occupation. Conscientous Objector - a person who refuses military service because of moral or religious principles. Hawk - a person who supports was effort Dove - a person who supports the withdrawal of the united states troops from war and favors a negotiated end to war. Bibliography:

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