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America Comes of Age
Pearson Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 16th Amendment | "... gave Congress the power to levy an income tax, a direct tax, without regard to the populations of any of the States." |
| 18th Amendment | "... outlawed the making, selling, transporting, importing, or exporting of alcoholic beverages in the United States." |
| 19th Amendment | "No person can be denied the right to vote in any election in the United States on account of his or her sex." |
| calamity | an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster |
| dynamic | (of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress, or (of a person) positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas |
| intensify | to become strong or more extreme |
| squander | waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner |
| disenfranchise | deprived of power; marginalize, deprive (someone) of a right or privilege or deprive someone the right to vote |
| dominate | to have a commanding influence on; exercise control over, or to be the most important or conspicuous person |
| fluctuate | to rise and fall irregularly in number or amount; to vary, to shift |
| annex | add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation; to gain control of a land |
| successor | a person or thing that follows another |
| superiority | a supercilious manner or attitude; the belief that you are better and/or stronger than others |
| obselete | no longer produced or used; out of date |
| reluctant | unwilling and hesitant; disinclined; feeling or showing doubt about something |
| rigor | the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate; demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions; hardship |
| stipulate | demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of a bargain or agreement |
| devised | plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought |
| muckraker | socially conscious journalists and other writers that dramatized the need for social reform in the early 1900's |
| progressivism | the belief that new ideas and honest, efficient government could bring about social justice |
| referendum | allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature |
| temperance movement | led by women who hoped to improve family life, this promoted the practice of never drinking alcohol |
| Americanization | teaching immigrants English, how to dress like the white middle class, what to eat and general cutoms |
| yellow press (yellow journalism) | the use of sensationalized headlines and pictures and exaggerated stories which fueled American jingoism in the late 1800's |
| "big stick" diplomacy | dependence on a strong military to achieve America's imperialistic goals |
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