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SS Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alliance | a close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes |
| alliance system | defense agreements among nations |
| amendment | an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution |
| anarchist | person who believes that there should be no government |
| anarchy | disorder and lawlessness |
| armistice | a temporary peace agreement to end fighting |
| assembly line | a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her |
| assimilate | to adsorb a group into the culture of a larger population |
| bicameral | consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature |
| cabinet | a group of advisers to the president |
| constitution | a formal plan of government |
| demilitarized zone | a region where no military forces or weapons are permitted |
| electoral college | a special group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the president and vice president |
| entente | an understanding between nations |
| executive branch | the branch of government , headed by the president, that carries out the nation's laws and policies |
| executive order | a rule issued by a chief executive that has the force of law |
| export | to sell goods abroad |
| federal debt | the amount of money owed by the government |
| federalism | the sharing of power between federal and state governments |
| front | a region where warfare is taking place |
| Gilded Age | the name associated with america in the late 1800s, referring to the extravagant wealth of a few and the terrible poverty that lay underneath |
| horizontal integration | the combining of competing firms into one corporation |
| impeach | to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office |
| imperialism | the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations |
| import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
| inflation | a continuous rise in the price of goods and services |
| judicial branch | the branch of government including the federal court system, that interprets the nations laws |
| judicial review | the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution |
| laissez faire | policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy |
| 3 branches of U. S. government and what each does, and who makes up each branch | Legislative , congress, makes the law Executive, President, inforce the law Judicial, Supreme court, approves the law |
| literacy | the ability to read or write |
| majority | more than half |
| mass production | the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line |
| militarism | a buildup of millitary strength |
| mobilization | gathering resources and preparing for war |
| monopoly | total control of a type of industry by one person or one company |
| national debt | the amount of money a national government owes to other governments or its people |
| nationalism | loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests about all others |
| override | to overturn or defeat |
| pool | a group sharing in some activity |
| preamble | the introduction to a formal document |
| primary | an election in which voters choose their party's candidate |
| ratify | to give official approval to |
| recession | a downward turn in business activity |
| republic | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
| tariff | a tax on imports or exports |
| trade union | organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
| unconstitutional | not agreeing or consistent with the constitiution |
| veto | to reject a bill |
| vertical integration | the combining of companies that supply industries |
| Transcontinental Railroad | network of Railroad track |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Where the central and union Railroads joined their rails |
| John D Rockefeller | Standard Oil Company |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone |
| Thomas Eidson | Invented the light bulb |
| Wright Brothers | World's first successful airplane |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Built wealth in railroads and shipping |
| Edwin L. Drake | First american to successfully drill oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | Steel industry |
| Samuel Gompers | Federation of Organized trades and Labor Unions |
| Franz Ferdinand | Assassination that started WWI |
| Gaurilo Princip | Assassin of Franz Ferdinand |
| Western Front | Germany gained military control of important industrial regions in France |
| Eastern Front | between the Russian Empire and Romania |
| Trench Warfare | Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, |
| New Weapons in World War I | Machine guns and tanks |
| Schlieffen Plan | The Germans would attack France first then attack Russia |
| Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| Freedoms in 1st Amendment | Speech, Press, Petition, Religion, Assembly |
| Contitution | The Supreme law of US |
| 2 branches of Congress | Senate, House of Rep |
| Advice and consent | Describing a situation of government |
| Qualifications For: President Qualifications For: Senate Qualifications For: House of Rep | 35 years old, Natural Born US citizen 30 years old, citizen for 9 years, Represent the state you are from 25 years old, citizen for 7 years, Represent the district you are from |
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