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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab

Subjects : sat, history
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1. Agricultural labor system in the South following the era of slavery wherein a sharecropper could farm a piece of land in return for giving the landowner a share - usually half - of the crop.






2. 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.






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






4. Agreements employers forced potential employees to sign in which the employees agreed not to join unions or go on strike.






5. 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.






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. An organization and discussion method employed by feminists in the late 1960s and early 1970s in which women would exchange experiences of discrimination - read radical analyses of oppression - and develop an understanding that the patriarchal or som






8. The political position that favors abortion on demand.






9. A person who believes in the broad interpretation of the US Constitution; that is - that the Constitution does not have to be interpreted word by word. Alexander Hamilton supported this idea.






10. The political position advocating sending free blacks to Liberia in Africa to reduce the number of them in the country-the more blacks that were freed - the fewer there would be in America. It was seen as a way of alleviating the danger of slave insu






11. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was called the "Second Reconstruction" because the first Reconstruction in the 1860s and 1870s had not brought equality for blacks.






12. The exodus of white - middle-class families from cities to suburbia following WWII - partially caused by the migration of African Americans to urban centers.






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






14. The generation of children born between the end of WWII and 1964.






15. The practice of paying for goods at regular intervals - usually with interest added to the balance - associated with consumption in the 1920s.






16. The political position that claimed that we could have won the Vietnam War if we had declared war - put in more troops - had a more unified country - or given our generals free reign to fight. These positions are called revisionist because the consen






17. A type of economic system in which the state controls the production and distribution of certain products that it deems necessary for the good of the people.






18. 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.






19. The political position that opposes abortion.






20. 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






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






22. Derisive term for white Southerners who cooperated with the Reconstruction governments.






23. A policy of empire building in which a nation conquers other nations with an aim toward increasing its power and controlling those nations. This was a cause of WWI.






24. 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






25. The name used by the administration of John F. Kennedy to describe its proposed programs for the nation.






26. A practice used in colonial America in which a person entered into a contract for a specified period of time with another in exchange for the payment of his or her passage to the New World. The indentured servant was sometimes promised some land afte






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. Powers given to the national/federal government that are specifically stated in the Constitution. They are found in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution and may also be known as expressed or enumerated powers.






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Motion pictures with sound. The Jazz Singer (1927) was the first movie to use sound in a significant way.






41. 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






42. A tax that is added onto the price of goods produced - sold - or distributed within a country; for example - sales tax.






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






44. A list - circulated among potential employers - of alleged "troublemakers" not to be hired.






45. A prosecutor chosen by a panel of three judges (appointed by the attorney general) to investigate wrongdoing in the executive branch. Established after the Watergate Scandal - the role was designed to prevent conflict of interest within the executive






46. 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






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






48. An indictment or formal charge brought by the legislative body against a government official - especially the president - in an attempt to remove him or her from office. If the House of Representatives determines that a president has committed acts t






49. Also called "applied Christianity -" this reform movement - driven by Christian teachings - sought to relieve the suffering of the poor.






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






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