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Chapter 19 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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bourgeoisie | middle class |
deficit spending | a government's spending more money than it takes in |
faction | a small group |
republic | a government ruled not by a monarch, but by elected representatives |
suffrage | the right to vote |
nationalism | a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country |
secular | a nonreligious calendar |
plebiscite | a ballot in which voters say yes or no |
annex | added outright |
blockade | involves shutting off ports to keep people or supplies from moving in or out |
guerilla warfare | hit-and-run raids |
abdicate | to step down from power |
legitimacy | the principle that restores heredity monarchies that the French Revolution or Napoleon has unseated |