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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab

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1. A system of government in which the religious leaders rule. A church-state - where the church is the government - is an example.






2. George W. Bush's belief in the propriety of using unilateral preemptive military strikes-essentially a preventive war- to fight terrorism.






3. Laws passed in the Southern states immediately after the Civil War to restrict the movements and limit the rights of African Americans.






4. 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.






5. A slave owner in early Virginia or Maryland; later - according to the census - a man who owned 20 or more slaves.






6. The system built into the US Constitution in which the three branches of government (legislative - executive - and judicial) have separate and equal powers that are limited and dependent upon each other. It is also called separation of powers.






7. The Eisenhower-era theory that one communist country would infiltrate or influence its neighbors - supporting insurrection there and causing them to become communist too. They would fall like a series of dominoes standing close together. Kennedy - Jo






8. The belief that the United States should not be involved in world affairs.






9. The practice of victorious candidates distributing government jobs to friends and supporters rather than to the most qualified people. Andre Jackson gave his supporters the spoils of victory - whereas John Quincy Adams by and large did not.






10. The power of the president to reject legislation. The US Congress can override a veto by the US president if it can pass the legislation by a two-thirds majority.






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






12. The theory that the path to economic growth is through tax cuts for the rich - who will then invest in new businesses and expand old ones - employing new workers as a result.






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






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






15. 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.






16. People who illegally manufactured - sold - or transported alcoholic beverages during the Prohibition period.






17. The term denoting the ongoing military battle of the US and its allies against terrorism - first used by George W. Bush when addressing a joint session of Congress following the terrorist attacks on September 11 - 2001.






18. Cotton that grew inland in the Black Belt of the South - an area characterized by its dark soil. Short-staple cotton could not be grown profitably until the cotton gin was invented.






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






20. An agricultural system in which farm workers supply their own tools - rent land - and have more control over their work than agrarian wage workers.






21. Hit and run tactics combined with hiding and ambushing the enemy. The soldier would live off the land and population in an area so that he or she need not carry many supplies. The Americans learned this from the Indians in colonial times and used it






22. Grangers - Populists - and agrarian activists of the late 19th century who advocated basing money o silver as well as gold. See Free Silverites.






23. Tax paid by those wishing to vote in several Southern states after Reconstruction. It was designed to limit political participation by African Americans.






24. Opposition to communism. Extreme anti-communism was manifested in the "Red Scare" of the 1920s and McCarthyism of the 1950s.






25. The first wave was in the 1830s through the early 20th century when the radicals Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Susan B. Anthony - and Lucretia Mott advocated equality - employment - education - and suffrage. The second wave - which advocated these same id






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






27. An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods is determined by individual consumer preference. It is characterized by the free-enterprise system - competition - profit motive - and pricing based on the laws of supply and demand






28. Found in the 10th Amendment - it provides that any powers not specifically given to the central government or specifically denied to the state governments by the Constitution are powers that the states are granted. For example - the power to develop






29. Middle-class reform movement of the first decades of the 20th century which sought to widen political participation - eradicate corruption - and apply scientific and technological expertise to social ills.






30. Popular music genre - with roots in African American rhythm and blues and "doo-wop." It developed in the 1950s and was popularized by Elvis Presley.






31. The condition when all male adults in a democracy are granted the right to vote.






32. Worker organization formed to press for workplace demands - such as better wages and safer working conditions.






33. Early 20th-century election reform that allowed citizens - rather than political machines - to choose candidates for public office.






34. A type of colony in which the people of the colony chose the governor of the colony. Rhode Island was a self-governing colony.






35. The series of laws designed to create separation between the races. These were by and large Southern state laws made constitutional by the Supreme Court decision Plessy. v Ferguson in 1896.






36. Anti-communism crusade of the 1950s led by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy. It was characterized by irresponsible accusations and smear campaigns.






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






38. Bundles of subprime mortgages that are traded like stocks.






39. Organizations - such as the underground press - Students for a Democratic Society and its offshoots - and women's groups (like the Red Stockings) - that were interested in social change but uninterested in the debates over whether to support Russia a






40. Derisive term for US foreign policy in the early 20th century designed to protect the investments of US corporations in Latin America.






41. 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.






42. The process of acquiring new territories






43. The joining together of companies to control all aspects of the production process of an item - from the mining or growing of materials through production and distribution of the final product.






44. A skilled worker who had learned a trade from a master as an apprentice. Shoemakers - bakers - blacksmiths. and carpenters were artisans.






45. 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






46. Residential communities near large urban centers. Although suburbs existed in the 19th century - they became a widespread social phenomenon in the 1950s.






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. A country whose affairs are partly controlled by a stronger country. The US established several protectorates - such as Cuba - in the 20th century.







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