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Soc Studies Voc L-Z
Social Study Vocabulary Terms (L-Z)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| League of Nations | organization that sought to prevent conflict after WWI, encouraged by Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately failed because the USA did not join |
| Legislative Branch | branch of government that makes the laws, House of Representatives and Senate |
| Market Economy | investment, production, and distribution are based on supply and demand |
| Marshall Plan | American program to aid Europe post WWI, in an effort to encourage countries to favor Democracy and not Communism |
| Migration | referring to the fear of communism in the 1950s, aided by the efforts of Senator Joseph McCarthy |
| Militarism | the belief that government should maintain a strong military |
| Mixed Economy –. | economy where both the state and the private sector had influence; Most economies are mixed |
| Modernization | the change in a society from agricultural to a modern society |
| Monopoly | when a company is the only one making a product, they can then charge whatever they want for it |
| Nationalism | pride in one’s country |
| Natural rights | system of laws that are determined by nature. Certain rights should be given to every man. |
| Neutrality | to stay out of a conflict, to not pick either side of a disagreement |
| Parliamentary Democracy | A system of government where citizens elect the Legislature and the Legislature selects the executive |
| Plessey v Ferguson | 1896. Upheld racial segregation in public facilities. Must be “separate but equal” |
| Political Action Committee | organization that donates money to or against a candidate in an election to further their individual interests |
| Populism | political philosophy where people claim that live is the “regular” people versus the elites |
| Predict | an educated guess about what will or should happen |
| Presidential Democracy | A system of government where citizens elect both the Legislature and the executive |
| Primary Source | a source from someone who was actually there. A person, diary, picture, artifact, autobiography, etc. |
| Progressivism | political philosophy advocating or favoring gradual social, political, and economic reform through government action |
| Prohibition | the outlaw of alcohol, 18th Amendment in 1919 |
| Propaganda | form of communication that is aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument |
| Ratify | to approve something ; Congress does this when passing legislation.) |
| Red Scare | Fear of communism; Result of communist revolution in Russia; restricted immigration to the US , "Red" nickname for a communist |
| Refugee | Person who leaves their home country to escape persecution, starvation, war, etc. |
| Refute | provide evidence that proves a claim incorrect |
| Region | an area of a country or continent |
| Reparations | the idea that the families of former slave owners should give money to the families of former slaves as a way to right the wrongs of slavery ; SEE definition of "war reparations" also |
| Rural | areas outside of cities, country, small towns |
| Secession | the act of withdrawing from a political entity. |
| Secondary Source | a source that has been written after the event using many primary sources. Encyclopedia, biography, textbook, atlas |
| Sectionalism | the division of an area into smaller sections. A person is usually loyal to only their section and not to the others, can bring conflict between different sections |
| Separation of Powers | the division of power between the three branches of government. Ensures that one branch does not become too powerful |
| Slum | a run-down area of a city where people live in poor conditions. In history immigrants frequently live in them |
| Social Contract | the idea that citizens agree to be governed by their government. People typically give up some freedoms to bring order and safety |
| Source | a person or document that is providing information being used in an essay, speech, ect. |
| Stereotype | a widely held but fixed/ oversimplified image OR idea of a particular type of person OR thing. i.e., the view that the woman as the carer OR the city is too easily viewed as an industrial wasteland. |
| Stocks | a small portion of ownership in a company in exchange for money that business can then invest |
| Suburbanization | when people move out of the city to the surrounding areas creating suburbs |
| Suffrage | the right to vote in political elections; i.e., women's right to vote (19th Amendment) |
| Supply | the amount of a product that is available to buy in the market. |
| Support | provide evidence to support a claim |
| Tariff | Tax on imports and exports. Discourages international trade to protect domestic industries |
| Taxes | a financial charge or other levy imposed upon a taxpayer. Money is used to build roads, parks, run bus systems, etc. |
| Theocracy | a government run by religious officials and governed according to the religion |
| Theory | a guess about why something is a certain way |
| Thesis | the subject of an essay, paper, or extended response |
| Topography | the features of the top of the earth, mountains, hills, rivers, etc. |
| Trace | typically refers to putting events in the order that they happened, chronological order |
| Traditional Economy | economic system based on tradition, typically only farming enough to live on |
| Truman Doctrine | the pledge by the USA that we would help any nation who was trying to resist the spread of Communism, first used with Greece and Turkey |
| Trust | a large business, usually a monopoly |
| Triple Entente | also known as the Allied Powers. See Allied Powers for definition. |
| Union | the Northern states during the Civil War; Included states of Ohio, Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, , Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California ... |
| United Nations | organization where representatives from various countries gather to help prevent conflict. Founded in 1945 |
| Wages | compensation for labor, usually money |
| World War I | World War One was fought between the "Central Powers" and the "Triple Entente", which later also known as the Allied Powers. July 1914 – November 11, 1918 |
| World War II | Hitler invaded Poland; France & Britain declare war on Germany, beginning World War II between Axis Powers (Germany, Italy & Japan) and Allied “Allies” Powers (Britain, France, Australia Canada, New Zealand, India, Soviet Union, China & US) 1939–1945 |
| Zimmerman Note | telegram from Germany to Mexico suggesting that they join the Central powers in the event that the USA entered WWI |
| 19th Amendment | Women Right to Vote; Women's Suffrage |
| 1st Amendment | Freedom of Press, Religion, Petition, Assembly & Speech |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. |
| 15th Amendment | Right to vote to ALL adult males |
| 17th Amendment | Direct Election of Senators (Progressive Reform) |
| 24th Amendment | Outlaws literacy test & poll taxes as requirements for voting |
| 26th Amendment | Lowers voting age to 18 |
| War Reparations | Money a country is forced to pay after losing a war supposedly for wrongs they committed |
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pj johnson
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