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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab

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1. A policy in which one people or a group within a nation attempts to destroy people whose ethnic background differs from theirs.






2. Those who were pro-Vietnam war in the 1960s.






3. A court order stopping a specific act - often used against unions to end a strike.






4. The post-WWII US policy that sought to prevent the spread of communism.






5. The traditions - language - and modes of behavior of the field hands who lived together in slave quarters. They practiced many forms of resistance to the wills of their masters - told each other African-derived tales - sand spirituals - and practiced






6. A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's nation. For people under the control of a foreign power - nationalism is expressed as a desire that one's nation should become a free and independent country. For people who already live in an indepe






7. Lincoln's contention that the Union pre-existed the Constitution because it began with the Articles of Association in 1774-since the states had signed on to that document - the Union could not be broken. He discussed this theory in his first inaugura






8. Government policy of noninterference in business practices and in individuals economic affairs; literally translated as "to let do."






9. Progressive political reform in the early 1900s that enabled voters to introduce legislation.






10. A political philosophy that promotes solving social issues through cooperation with private agencies rather than through direct government programs. It also stresses the personal responsibility and accountability as keys to success.






11. The policy used by the British before the War of 1812 wherein the British stopped US vessels and removed sailors from them to be used on British naval vessels. it was also used to a limited extent by the French during this same period. It was one of






12. Critical term for the owners of the big business of the Gilded Age who accumulated great wealth and power.






13. Derogatory term used by the labor movement to describe workers who cross picket lines






14. 1) The political theory that the people hold the fundamental power in a democracy 2) The proposal by Steven Douglas in the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act stating that the people of the territory of Kansas and Nebraska could decide though their representati






15. A form of educational protest at universities. The practice began in 1965 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor - when professors and students analyzed US foreign policy and debated with each other and-only in the earlier days of the war-with go






16. A program providing health insurance and health care for people over the age of 65.






17. A system of government in which the power to rule comes from the people.






18. Sensationalist - lurid - and often falsified accounts of events printed by newspapers and magazines to attract readers.






19. Laws made by the British government restricting colonial trade of sugar and tobacco to any country other than England or by any means other than on British ships.






20. Technique of the labor movement in the 1930s that entailed stopping work but not leaving the factory floor - as owners were not able to hire replacement workers so long as the workers occupied the shop floor.






21. The movement to end slavery. There were many points of view on the subject. Immediate abolitionism advocated ending slavery everywhere and refusing to cooperate with the political process (William Lloyd Garrison). Political abolitionism advocated an






22. Art and literature that seek to depict the commonplace in a plausible and direct manner.






23. Teenagers - as an identifiable social group - emerged in the 1950s. Teenagers were seen both as a problematic - rebellious group - as well as a target for new products and cultural offerings.






24. Political party organizations that run cities and are often associated with corruption and undemocratic practices. The most notorious example was New York's Tammary Hall Democratic club of the Gilded age.






25. Large plantation-type farm established by the Dutch along the Hudson River in the 1600s.






26. An economic system in which the state controls the production and distribution of certain products deemed necessary for the good of the people






27. The policy of supplying government support for corporations when they are in severe financial trouble. The Chrysler Corporation - for example - got a $1.5 billion bailout in 1980 - and the savings and loan banks received at least $159 billion during






28. A body of advisers to a head of state. The US president's cabinet consists of the heads of the various departments plus other advisers.






29. A grouping of nations where each one pledges mutual support to the others. This support is usually defensive in nature. The formation of alliances was a nunderlying cause of WWI.






30. Perfected by Samuel F. B. Morse in 1844 - the telegraph allowed for communications over long distances by tapping out coded messages to be carried over wires.






31. The characteristic of a federal system of government in which power is distributed between central and local governments. This distribution of power usually is established through some outside source - often a constitution - as is the case in the Uni






32. Populists and "Silver Democrats" who in the 1890s argued in favor of an immense increase in silver coinage as a way of stimulating a faltering economy. See Bimetallists.






33. A conference attended by leaders of two or more nations.






34. A term used to describe an investment with a reward that can be great-if the investment is successful. It contributed to the stock market crash of 1929.






35. The practice of buying stock on credit. People pay a small percentage of the price of the stock - hoping that it will go up in value and that they can use money from the sale to pay the balance they owe. This practice contributed to the stock market






36. Trade that takes place between states. Under the US Constitution - the power to regulate interstate commerce is delegated to the Congress.






37. Those who were against the Vietnam War in the 1960s.






38. The idea that each member of the British Parliament represented all British subjects - regardless of location.






39. The study of the environment.






40. The movement to form labor organizations that represent every worker in a single industry - regardless of his or her level of skill.






41. A term used to describe a person who believes that the Consitution must be interpreted word by word. Thomas Jefferson believed in strict construction of the Constitution.






42. A type of colony that was settled by a group of investors and in which the governor of the colony was chosen by the proprietors.






43. The development of large military forces - not only for defense of the nation but for possible aggression into other nations. It was one of the causes of WWI.






44. The wave of immigration from the 1880s to the 1920s of Eastern and Southern Europeans - contrasted with the "old" immigration of Northern and Western Europeans.






45. The political position that favors abortion on demand.






46. A treaty in which the parties agree not to attack each other unless attacked first.






47. A tax placed on imports; its purpose is to make domestic goods cheaper to keep out foreign goods.






48. A type of coal - noted for being hard and clean burning.






49. The formal or official approval for a constitution or amendment.






50. The movement of mostly college-educated women to provide shelter - cultural activities - and services to the poor. The height of the movement occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.







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