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| Suffrage |
the right to vote in public elections |
| Monarchs (constitutional & absolute) |
kings or queens who rule for life and acquire the throne by inheriting it |
| Command economy |
an economy in which business activity and resources are government controlled
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| Market economy |
an economy where prices and wages are determined by supply and demand, not the government
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| Mixed economy |
an economy in which some industries are government owned or regulated and some are privately owned.
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| Conscientious objector |
someone who for religious reasons refuses to serve in the military.
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| Containment |
a U.S. government policy intended to stop the spread of communism.
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| War reparations |
money a country is forced to pay after losing a war supposedly for the wrongs they committed.
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| Theocracy
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government run by religious officials and governed according to principles of a
specific religion.
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| The Enlightenment |
an 18th century movement believing that human reason could combat ignorance, superstition and monarchs. It’s primary targets were religion and monarchies.
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| Bias
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an unfair preference or dislike of something.
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| Segregation |
the practice of keeping specific groups separate; racial, religious, ethnic, gender, etc. groups. |
| Credible source |
a source of information that is worthy of trust and confidence.
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| Panama Canal |
a narrow waterway cut through the country of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans completed in 1914 by the U.S.
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| Imperialism |
the political, economic or military domination of one country over another.
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| Prohibition
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the period from 1919 - 1933 in the U.S. where the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages was forbidden |
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