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History Q1 Paideia B
vocabulary history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scalawag | a rascal (slang term Civil War era) |
| freedman | A man who has been freed from slavery. |
| carpetbagger | A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage. |
| freedman | A man who has been freed from slavery. |
| corruption | dishonest proceedings, illegal activity by a person in a trusted position (i.e. politician) |
| imperialism | Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation. |
| expansionism | A nation's practice or policy of territorial or economic expansion, i.e. England controls parts of Africa |
| colonialism | A policy by which a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign territories |
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| abolitionist | Abolitionist Advocacy of the abolition of slavery. |
| free-soil | Opposing the extension of slavery before the U.S. Civil War. United States territory where slavery was prohibited (prior to the Civil War) |
| empire | A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority |
| iconography | Pictorial illustration of a subject. |
| empire building | The top layer or course of a masonry wall, usually having a slanting upper surface to shed wate |
| coping (architecture) | blank |
| plate glass | A strong rolled and polished glass containing few impurities, used for mirrors and large windows. |
| spandrel | The roughly triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it. |
| veranda | A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Also called regionally gallery. |
| music nationalism | the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity, such as folk tunes and melodies, rhythms, and harmonies inspired by them. |
| freedom | the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint |
| hope | the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best |
| equity | the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality |
| Abolitionist | Advocacy of making slavery illegal |
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