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SAT Subject Test: U.S. History Vocab

Subjects : sat, history
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. A type of adjustable-rate mortgage - often requiring no down payment - offered to customers with risky credit ratings. The lending institution makes money by steadily increasing interest payments.






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






6. 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.






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






8. The reaction of some whites to the Civil Rights Movement and the urban riots of the 1960s. The formerly solidly Democratic South started voting Republican following the gains of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s - and many whites sent their kids






9. The name used by the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson to describe its domestic programs.






10. 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.






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






14. This clause - found in the last paragraph of Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution - allows Congress to make laws not specifically delegated to it by the Constitution but that may be "necessary and proper" to carry out its delegated powers. (Als






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






16. Philosophical movement - with deep roots in the United States - which holds that truth emerges from experimentation and experience rather than from abstract theory. it is associated with William James and John Dewey.






17. 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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. A legislature composed of two houses. The US Congress - composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives - is an example.






24. A policy of empire building in which a nation conquers other nations or territories with the goal of increasing its power and expanding the area it controls. This was a cause of WWI.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Lincoln's Civil War policy of treating runaway slaves as enemy war property. He accepted the slaves as a way to hurt the Southern cause. They were freed and employed as aides to the Union army until Lincoln started recruiting black troops after the E






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






33. Trade that takes place within the boundaries of a state. Under the US Constitution - the power to regulate intrastate commerce is delegated to the states.






34. 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






35. The result of a general shift in society in the 1920s characterized by a greater emphasis on purchasing goods.






36. The political position that favors abortion on demand.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.






41. A machine that separates seeds from the cotton. The short-staple cotton that grew inland in the South's Black Belt could be cleaned profitably only with the cotton gin. The invention of the cotton gin allowed cotton cultivation to spread - enabling s






42. 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.






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






44. 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






45. A type of colony controlled by the king. The crown chose the governor to run the colony.






46. 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.






47. An element of President Truman's 1947 Federal Employees Loyalty and Security Program - which was designed to weed out communists and other "subversives" from government employment.






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






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






50. 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.







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