Ch 12 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Disenfranchise
to deprive the right to vote
Draft
a system used for choosing people from the population to serve in the military
cost-plus
a government contract to pay a manufacturer the cost to produce an item plus a view a guaranteed percentage
Sunbelt
a new industrial region in Southern California and the Deep South that developed during World War ll
Coordinate
to harmonize or bring into common action, movement, or condition
zoot suit
men’s clothing of extreme cut typically consisting of a thigh length jacket
victory suit
a men’s suit with no vest, no cuffs, a short jacket and narrow lapels worn during world war ll in order to save fabric
justify
to prove or to show to be just right or reasonable
rationing
restricting the amount of an item an individual can have due to limited supply
victory garden
garden planted by citizens during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving for the troops
code
a signal or symbol used to represent something that is to be kept secret
amphtrac
an amphibious tractor used to move troops from ships to shore
kamikaze
during world war ll, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target
periphery
the outer boundary and of something
target
something or someone fired on or marked for arrack
convoy system
a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessel for protection
briefly
for a short time
intense
existing in an extreme degree
hedgerow
an enclosure made of dirt walls covered in shrubbery built to fence in cattle and crops
napalm
a type of jellied gasoline
nuclear
relating to the nucleus of an atom
