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Vocabulary 8
Kansas History Words to Understand Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| electioneering | to work actively for a candidate or political party |
| foreclosure | the ending of the right of a debtor to personal property |
| inaugural address | a speech given by a person being formally inducted into office |
| industrialization | to become industrial |
| inheritance | something received (ie: property or a title) from an ancestor by legal succession or will |
| lobby | a group of persons trying to influence public official in favor of a specific cause |
| materialism | the attitude that physical well-being and worldly possessions create the greatest good |
| moral | conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior |
| Populism | a U. S. political movement that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers in the 1890's |
| progressive | promoting or favoring progress toward better conditions or new policies, ideas, or methods |
| prohibition | the period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force |
| ratify | to approve |
| Socialism | a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the government |
| suffrage | the right or privilege of voting |
| temperance | restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcoholic liquors |
| utopian | characterized by or aspiring to impractical perfection |
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