Honors History Exam

Virgin Soil Epidemics

disease that wipes out an entire population

Protestant Reformation

battle between Catholics, Protestants for control of England

Impressment

forcing men into military service

Infrastructure

basic structures needed for the operation of society

Manifest Destiny

God-given right to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Civil Disobedience

pretesting laws you believe to be immoral

Secession

when a state government votes to leave a federal government

Anaconda Plan

strangle the economic stability of the South in the Civil War

Jim Crow

systemic oppressive laws to discriminate based on race

Perpetrator

people who carry out, facilitate, or instruct violence

Collaborator

people who cooperate with perpetrators

Bystander

present during acts of violence, but does not intervene

Staub's Model of Frustration

psychological studies explaining genocidal behavior

Dehumanization

depriving someone of human qualities and dignity

Scapegoat

blamed for another's wrongdoing

Vertical Integration

gaining control of the population at every step

Horizontal Integration

gaining control of the entire market; buy up the competition

Monopoly

one individual or company swallows up all of the competition

Xenophobia

extreme hatred of immigrants

Emancipation

being set free from a legal, social, or political restricti

Mayflower Compact

first constitution of the colonies

Declaratory Act

parliament can legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever

Stamp Act

tax on all documents or products needing a royal stamp

Sugar Act

act used to pay for troops stationed in the colonies

Townshend Revenue Act

act that created an import tax

Intolerable Acts

British punished the colonists for the "Boston Tea Party"

Treaty of Paris of 1783

document that ended the American Revolution

Jefferson's Embargo

suspended trade with Britain and France

Treaty of Ghent

document ended the War of 1812

Monroe Doctrine

stated the U.S. was closed to further European expansion

Homestead Act

160 acres granted to U.S. citizens to attempt to cultivate

Cotton Diplomacy

negotiations with Britain/France to help the South during the Civil War

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

act created to prevent monopolization of trade or commerce

Dawes Act

allowed for the division of tribal lands to be given to whites

Assimilation

the minority group is forced to remove its cultural identity for the majority group

Barbados Slave Code

series of laws denying basic civil rights to slaves

Feudalism

land divided into small territories; lords monopolize wealth

Mercantilism

government intervenes in the economy to increase national wealth

Transcendentalism

concerned with morality; period of intellectual reassurances

Abolitionism

encouraged emancipation based on moral reasons

Nativism

policy of keeping society ethnically homogeneous

Tea Act

British ordered only East India Tea be sold; removed individual purchasing power