A body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body

The belief that government or rulers are directly established by God

Attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults

The official currently holding a public office

Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation to prevent war

A political system governed by the wealthy people

The declared policy of a political party or group

A document giving an official instruction or command

Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified from others

The moderation or abstention in the use of alcohol

A politician whose electoral appeal derives from their native state, rather than their political views is called a “favorite son”

The practice of marriage by a man to multiple wives

Rule by God; Applied to a state where religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority

An attempt by cooperative communities to improve life in the face of increasing industrialism

Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities

One who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits

Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural

Free paid to an agent in a transaction, usually a percentage of the sale

In trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original producers of goods in the retail merchants who sell to consumers

Capable of producing offspring or vegetation in abundance

Intentional destruction or damage of goods, machines, or productive processes

Concerning the killing of brothers

Man in charge of managing slaves on a plantation

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APUSH Unit 4 Vocab

Term	Definition
Constituents	A body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body
Divine Right	The belief that government or rulers are directly established by God
Puritanical	Of or relating to Puritans
Mudslinging	Attempt to ruin an opponent's reputation with insults
Incumbent	The official currently holding a public office
Appeasement	Foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country through negotiation to prevent war
Plutocratic	A political system governed by the wealthy people
Platform	The declared policy of a political party or group
Mandate	A document giving an official instruction or command
Denomination	Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified from others
Temperance	The moderation or abstention in the use of alcohol
Favorite Sons	A politician whose electoral appeal derives from their native state, rather than their political views is called a “favorite son”
Polygamy	The practice of marriage by a man to multiple wives
Theocracy	Rule by God; Applied to a state where religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority
Utopian	An attempt by cooperative communities to improve life in the face of increasing industrialism
Eugenics	Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities
Monogamy	Marriage of only two people
Nonconformist	One who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits
Providential	Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural
Oligarchy	Government by the few
Commissions	Free paid to an agent in a transaction, usually a percentage of the sale
Middleman	In trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original producers of goods in the retail merchants who sell to consumers
Fecund	Capable of producing offspring or vegetation in abundance
Sabotage	Intentional destruction or damage of goods, machines, or productive processes
Fratricidal	Concerning the killing of brothers
Incendiary	A person who stir up conflict
Overseer	Man in charge of managing slaves on a plantation

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