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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab
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1. 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
Abolitionism
New Immigration
Internal Improvements
Progressive Movement
2. The conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States from the end of WWII until the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991). It was characterized by harsh rhetoric - technological rivalry - an arms buildup - and proxy wars in developing countries.
Ratification
Excise Tax
Cold War
Trusts
3. The idea that the Constitution was created by the states and so the states could dissolve it. This was advocated first by Madison and Jefferson in 1798 in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and later by Robert Y Hayne in his debate with Daniel Web
Cabinet
Pro-Choice
Self-Governing Colony
Compact Theory
4. 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
Impressment
Cotton Gin
Transcontinental Railway
Mercantilism
5. 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
Anthracite Coal
War on Poverty
Socialism
Reserved Powers Clause
6. The idea that machinery eliminates the need for human employment-that the development of new machine-based methods of work can lead to workers' losing their jobs.
Cabinet
Telegraph
Technological Unemployment
Judicial Review
7. The mixed race of people that developed as a result of the intermarriage of the Spanish and Native American populations in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Mestizos
Ethnic Cleansing
Rugged Individualism
White Flight
8. 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
Teach-Ins
Interstate Commerce
Industrial Unionism
Mortgage-Backed Securities
9. The political idea that the West should be free of slavery. In 1846 - David Wilmot wrote the proviso that there "shall be no slavery or involuntary servitude in any territory acquired from Mexico -" which galvanized the antislavery forces in Congress
Ratification
Free Soil Position
Separation of Powers
Juvenile Delinquency
10. A type of coal - noted for being hard and clean burning.
Anthracite Coal
Sharecropping
Medicare
Boston Tea Party
11. Government policy of noninterference in business practices and in individuals economic affairs; literally translated as "to let do."
Primogeniture
Black Power
Nativism
Laissez-Faire
12. A country whose affairs are partly controlled by a stronger country. The US established several protectorates - such as Cuba - in the 20th century.
Impressment
Protectorate
Speakeasies
Colonization
13. The condition when all adults in a democracy are granted the right to vote.
Patroonship
Universal Suffrage
Robber Baron
Vietnam Revisionism
14. A term used to describe the ability of people to move within the social framework of a society. If the social system provides opportunities for a person born into a lower social class to move to an upper one - or vice versa - a characteristic of the
Literacy Tests
Annexation
Delegated Powers
Social Mobility
15. The political act of leaving the Union. The Southern states formed their own country during 1860-1861 after they seceded from the United States.
Proprietary Colony
Subprime Mortgage
Secession
Unicameral Legislature
16. A policy in which one people or a group within a nation attempts to destroy people whose ethnic background differs from theirs.
Ethnic Cleansing
Cabinet
Guerrilla War
Second Reconstruction
17. 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.
Puppet Regimes
Medicaid
Militarism
Baby Boom
18. 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.
Laissez-Faire
Bimetallists
Direct Primary
Speculation
19. Techniques used in industry to produce large quantities of goods using interchangeable parts and moving assembly lines. Elements of mass production were developed in the 19th century; the process was perfected by Henry Ford in the 1910s.
Subprime Mortgage
Compassionate Conservatism
Mass Production
Blacklist
20. A type of democracy in which the people vote on the actions of the government - rather than electing representatives.
Planter
Tenant Farming
Theocracy
Direct Democracy
21. Machine-made or standardized parts that could be put together to make a product. Eli Whitney demonstrated to President John Adams in 1801 how a box of guns could be disassembled and reassembled randomly. Each part must be precision-made so that it wi
Rock and Roll
Interchangeable Parts
Assembly Line
New Frontier
22. George W. Bush's belief in the propriety of using unilateral preemptive military strikes-essentially a preventive war- to fight terrorism.
Bush Doctrine
Patroonship
Two-Party System
Encomienda
23. Anti-communism crusade of the 1950s led by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy. It was characterized by irresponsible accusations and smear campaigns.
Cowboys
Protective Tariff
McCarthyism
Impressment
24. 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.
Strict Constructionist
Protective Tariff
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Militarism
25. Those who were against the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
Pragmatism
Doves
Intrastate Commerce
Direct Democracy
26. President Roosevelt's (FDR) attempt in 1936 to push a judicial reform bill through Congress that would allow him to appoint six new Supreme Court justices sympathetic to his New Deal.
Indentured Servitude
Court Packing Scheme
Excise Tax
Confederation
27. Derisive term for Northerners who went to the South during Reconstruction to promote reform or to profit from it.
Kyoto Protocol
New Left
Carpetbaggers
Speculation
28. The condition when all male adults in a democracy are granted the right to vote.
Universal Manhood Suffrage
Industrial Unionism
Stagflation
Puppet Regimes
29. A system of government in which the power to rule comes from the people.
Primogeniture
White Flight
Intrastate Commerce
Democracy
30. The result of a general shift in society in the 1920s characterized by a greater emphasis on purchasing goods.
Direct Democracy
Unicameral Legislature
Consumer Society
Initiative
31. Cattle handlers who drove large herds across the southern Great Plains. The era of the cowboy lasted from 1870 to the late 1880s.
Cowboys
Ethnic Cleansing
Sit-Down Strike
Boston Tea Party
32. 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.
Spoils System
Initiative
Impeachment
Poll Tax
33. Trade that takes place between states. Under the US Constitution - the power to regulate interstate commerce is delegated to the Congress.
Mestizos
Interstate Commerce
Medicare
Rock and Roll
34. A political system dominated by two parties. Voters reluctance to support third parties reinforces the two-party system. The first two-party system - dating back to the 1970s - included the Federalist and Republican Parties. The current two-party sys
Nativism
Two-Party System
Mercantilism
Proprietary Colony
35. An economic system in which a colony exists for the good of the mother country. The colony's role is to provide raw materials for the mother country (especially products that the mother country cannot produce itself) and serve as a market for the goo
Laissez-Faire
Mercantilism
Yellow-dog Contract
Homesteaders
36. 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
Injunction
Margin Buying
Division of Powers
Unicameral Legislature
37. 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
Blacklist
Initiative
Nationalism
Blue Laws
38. A method of mass production whereby the products are moved from worker to worker - with each person performing a small - repetitive task on the product and sending it to the next for a different task until the finished item is assembled. In the 18th
Tariff
Annexation
Consciousness-Raising Groups
Assembly Line
39. Bundles of subprime mortgages that are traded like stocks.
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Gender Gap
Horizontal Integration
Suburbia
40. Derisive term for US foreign policy in the early 20th century designed to protect the investments of US corporations in Latin America.
Black Power
Dollar Diplomacy
Social Mobility
Assembly Line
41. Agreements employers forced potential employees to sign in which the employees agreed not to join unions or go on strike.
Annexation
Specie Circular
Yellow-dog Contract
Scab
42. The organizations and events in the 20th century that collectively pressured federal - state - and local governments and businesses to grant equal rights to blacks and other minorities.
Civil Rights Movement
Advertising
Family Values
Literacy Tests
43. A skilled worker who had learned a trade from a master as an apprentice. Shoemakers - bakers - blacksmiths. and carpenters were artisans.
Scab
Imperialism
Great Society
Artsian
44. 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
Secession
Family Values
Talkies
Capitalism
45. The political events of the 1960s divided the country in many ways. There were pro-Vietnam hawks and anti-Vietnam doves - those who supported the counterculture of liberated sex and drugs and those who did not - those who favored American involvement
Settlement House Movement
Culture Wars
Lynching
Salutary Neglect
46. A defiant act of the colonies against the British government and its tea trade agreement with East India - which was causing colonial tea merchants to go bankrupt. Protesters dumped an entire shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Short-staple Cotton
Rock and Roll
Homesteaders
47. 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 checks and balances.
Ratification
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Scab
Separation of Powers
48. 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.
Speakeasies
Suburbia
Pro-Choice
Telegraph
49. Derisive term for white Southerners who cooperated with the Reconstruction governments.
Gender Gap
Scalawags
Referendum
Puppet Regimes
50. Large plantation-type farm established by the Dutch along the Hudson River in the 1600s.
New Frontier
Patroonship
Suburbia
Self-Governing Colony