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Term | Definition |
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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 |