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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab

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1. The movement to form labor organizations made up of skilled wokrers within a particular field.






2. 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






3. Persons who do not represent a state or nation who participate in military conflict and do not adhere to accepted rules of war. According to the Bush administration - unlawful combatants captured on the battlefield and detained off of US soil are not






4. 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.






5. The belief the the US should not be involved in world affairs.






6. The difference in the votes of men and women. Often men vote Republican in larger numbers that women - who are more likely to vote Democratic - producing a gender gap.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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.






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






16. Large corporations created by the consolidation of competing companies to form a monopoly or near monopoly.






17. 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.






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






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






20. The political belief that America's obvious future was to "o'er spread the continent -" in the words of John O'Sullivan in 1846. A corollary was that Americans would bring democracy to the "ignorant and inferior" peoples of the West. The Mexican War






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. The exodus of white - middle-class families from cities to suburbia following WWII due to the migration of African Americans to urban centers.






27. 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.






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






29. A high tax placed on imports. Its purpose is to make domestic goods cheaper than foreign goods - thus "protecting" domestic industry.






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






31. A legislature composed of only one house or chamber.






32. Provisions in the voting laws in Southern states following Reconstruction designed to allow whites who could not pass literacy tests to vote. The grandfather clause gave the right to vote to people whose grandfathers had been eligible to vote-a provi






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






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






35. Cattle handlers who drove large herds across the southern Great Plains. The era of the cowboy lasted from 1870 to the late 1880s.






36. 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






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






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 political advocacy of black-owned businesses and independent black political action. Stokely Carmichael first used the term in a position paper for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1965.






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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. The railroad route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that was completed in 1869.






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






50. 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







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