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OGT Social Studies
OGT's Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MARSHALL PLAN | money to rebuild Europe after WW2 |
| TRUMAN DOCTRINE | US will oppose communism everywhere |
| BERLIN BLOCKADE | airlifting supplies when Soviets blocked city |
| KOREAN WAR | US supported this Asian nation against communists from 1950-53 |
| CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS | Soviets put nukes into Cuba |
| VIETNAM WAR | US supported this Asian against communists from 1965-73 |
| MARKET ECONOMY | laissez faire economy - totally free |
| COMMAND ECONOMY | all business run by government |
| MIXED ECONOMY | generally free economy but regulated by government |
| TRADITIONAL ECONOMY | farming and trading economy - no money |
| SLANDER | saying things you know are lies isn't a right |
| LIBEL | printing things you know are lies isn't a right |
| ABSOLUTE MONARCHY | king or queen has all the power |
| CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY | king shares power with legislature |
| PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY | legislature has all the power |
| PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACY | president shares power with legislature |
| DICTATORSHIP | one person controls the government but it's not a monarch |
| THEOCRACY | religious leaders controls the government |
| PLESSEY V. FERGUSON | "separate but equal" is OK |
| BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION | "separate but equal" isn't equal and isn't OK |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF CA. V. BAKKE | changes affirmative action from quota based system to race as a factor in the process. |
| 13TH AMENDMENT | abolishes slavery |
| 14TH AMENDMENT | African-Americans are made citizens |
| 15TH AMENDMENT | African-American men get the vote |
| 19TH AMENDMENT | Women get the vote |
| 26TH AMENDMENT | 18 year old citizens get the vote |
| NOW | National Organization of Women-a group fighting for women's rights |
| NAACP | a group fighting for African-American rights |
| AIM | a group fighting for Native American rights |
| UFW | United Food Workers- a group fighting for rights of Hispanic farm workers |
| COLD WAR | when countries compete without using weapons. ex. USA vs. USSR |
| ECONOMIC | things about business, jobs and money |
| AMENDMENT | additions to the Constitution |
| GENOCIDE | killing lots of people from the same group |
| POLITICAL ACTION GROUPS | groups who join to promote their political ideas |
| LEGISLATIVE BRANCH | it makes the laws |
| EXECUTIVE BRANCH | it enforces the laws |
| JUDICIAL BRANCH | it interprets the laws |
| PUBLIC SAFETY | rights can be limited to protect safety |
| NATIONAL SECURITY | rights can be limited to protect military operations |
| EQUAL OPPORTUNITY | rights can be limited to give minorities a fair chance |
| CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER | rights can be limited to prevent evil from happening |
| COMPELLING GOVERNMENT INTEREST | individual rights can be limited to protect a group |
| SUPREME COURT | highest court in the USA |
| POLITICAL | things about government and voting |
| SOCIAL | things about how ordinary people live every day |
| CULTURAL | things about art, music, books, fashion and hobbies |
| GEOGRAPHIC | things about land and landscape |
| IMPERIALISM | when stronger countries take over weaker countries |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | 1700s - time when logical thought became an important value |
| INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION | 1800s - when production moved into factories |
| TREATY OF VERSAILLES | this ended World War I and punished Germany |
| APARTHEID | a system of discrimination against blacks in South Africa |
| MONOPOLY | when one company controls an entire industry |
| MILITARISM | a MAIN cause of World War I |
| NATIONALISM | the belief that your country is the best country |
| JIM CROW LAWS | laws that discriminated against blacks |
| URBAN | in the city |
| RURAL | in the countryside |
| SUFFRAGE | the right to vote |
| CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS | people who don't go to war because of religious beliefs |
| FOURTEEN POINTS | Wilson's ideas for peace after World War I |
| McCARTHYISM | campaign against communists in the USA in the 1950s |
| INDIGENOUS | the original people who lived in a place |
| TSAR/CZAR | Russian term for king |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization- protection treaty between USA and western Europe after World War II |
| WARSAW PACT | protection treaty between USSR and eastern Europe after World War II |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | total value of goods and services produced in a year |
| BIRTH RATE | number of babies born per 1000 people in a year |
| DEATH RATE | number of deaths per 1000 people in a year |
| INFANT MORTALITY RATE | number of deaths per 1000 babies per year |
| SUPPORT | tell things that agree with a thesis |
| REFUTE | tell things that show a thesis is wrong |
| IMMIGRATION | moving INTO a new country to settle |
| EMIGRATION | moving OUT OF a country to settle in another |
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