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Stack #42770
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| Nationalism | Loyalty, pride and devotion to one's country |
| Boycott | An organized refusal to buy or use a product to express protest or to force action |
| Pluralism | A condition in which numerous distinct ethnic, religious, or cultural groups exsist |
| Republic | A form of gov. in which the people exercise power through their chosen representative |
| Confederation | A group of states joined loosely for a common purpose |
| Constitution | A written plan of gov. |
| Bicameral | Composed of 2 legislative branches or chambers |
| Ratify | To formally approve |
| Diplomacy | The art or practice of handling international relations |
| Federalism | A division of power between the National gov. and the states |
| Judicial Review | The Supreme Court has the authority to determine constitutionality |
| Filibuster | the use of delaying tactics to put off action in a legislative body |
| Appropriation | setting aside a sum of money from the budget for a specific purpose |
| Theocracy | A gov. ruled by a religous authority |
| Sovereignty | the supreme power or authority that an independent country or state has within its borders |
| Urban/ Rural | City vs. country life |
| Agrarian | Having to do w/ the land, its ownership and its cultivation |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean |
| Secede | to withdraw formally from membership in an organization or alliance |
| Antebellum | Belonging 2 the time period before the civil war |
| Amnesty | a pardon 4 past offenses |
| Emancipation | to free from bondage, opression or restraint; liberate |
| Bias | A hostile feeling against a person that interferes w/ judgement; a prejudice |
| Demographichs | The statistical study of the human population |
| Civil War | Rights belonging to a person b/c of his or her status as a citizen or a member of society |
| Draft | a call to military service that is not voluntary |
| Segregated | the maintenance of separate facilities 4 members of different races |
| Vigilante | a group of citizens who, w/out authority, take pursuing and punishing suspected criminals |
| Depression | A period of drastic decline in the economy (loss of jobs, higher prices) |
| Industrial Revolution | a social and economic change that ouccurs when manufacturing shifted from people's homes to shops and factories |
| Entrepreneur | a person who organizes and assumes the risk of a business venture |
| Philanthropist | a person who promotes human welfare through the funding of beneficial public institutions |
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