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Historical Terms #3

Richard's AP US History Historical Terms #3

QuestionAnswer
American Dream the ideal of freedom and opportunity that motivated the Founding Fathers. (Today often portrayed as a home and a job)
Back channel a secret of informal method of passing sensitive information which bypasses the traditional route
Big Lie a falsehood of such magnitude and audacity that it is bound to influence public opinion
Bite the Bullet commit yourself to a difficult task
Bleeding Hearts ultraconservatives view of ultraliberals (help everyone)
Brahmin aloof elite - a social intellectual or political aristocracy which manipulates power from non-elective positions
Bread and Butter issues issues that deal with the voters pocketbook
Closed shop a company where only union men can be employed
clout power
Don't change horses an administration urging voters to return the administration to power for a second term
Dyed in the wool descriptian of an all out partisian - usually used to describe Democrats
Eunuch Rule state law prohibiting an elected offical from succeeding themselves except after a lapse of time
Feet to the fire pressuring a politican to make good on his commitment
On the fence undecided
Firestorm sudden public outcry over an issue
Foot-in-mouth disease tendency to blunder when ad-libbing
Grease bribery
Great Unwashed unflattering description of the lower classes
John Q. Public the mythical average American
Kangaroo Ticket presidential ticket in which the vice president is more popular than the president
Lame Duck an officeholder whose power is diminished because they will soon leave office
Play in Peoria will the common man (Middle America) understand/ accept it
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