Chapter 14 Vocabulary

Question 1

A period when a city had to be completely dark at night so that enemy planes could not locate it during an air raid

Answer 1

Blackout

Question 2

To limit the consumption of scarce resources or supplies

Answer 2

Ration

Question 3

A garden planted by civilians during World War II to provide fresh vegetables

Answer 3

Victory Garden

Question 4

United Service Organization

Answer 4

USO

Question 5

An employment system where workers take tests for government jobs and cannot be fired for their political views or party affiliations

Answer 5

Civil Service System

Question 6

To offer a certain price for something

Answer 6

bid

Question 7

Practice in which each political party gives government jobs to its supporters

Answer 7

Spoils system

Question 8

A law that allows workers to get and keep jobs without having to join a union

Answer 8

Right-to-work law

Question 9

Term used to describe the strained relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II

Answer 9

Cold War

Question 10

Deliberate damage or destruction

Answer 10

Sabotage