American Government

Jim Crow Laws

Put in place in the southern states after Reconstruction to make blacks second class citizens

suffrage

The right to vote

Vietnam War

Started in the 1960s, long and unpopular conflict

Communism

There was 2 time periods in the U.S. that involved a fear of this

Discrimination

The mistreatment of a group of people

Neutrality Acts

Passed in order to keep the U.S. out of WW II..prevented U.S. citizens from sailing on ships of other countries..

mobilization

A country preparing to go to war

Precedent

An earlier event or action that sets a standard for similar circumstances

Alternatives Courses of Action

Phrase that means there are multiple outcomes to a situation

containment

U.S. policy during the Cold War of keeping communism from spreading

Sun Belt

Area of the country that many people moved to in the 1950s for jobs

Prohibition

The outlawing of alcohol

assimilation

Process of one culture being absorbed into another

Japanese Internment

Process of putting a group of people in camps after Pearl Harbor to keep an eye on them

Sequence

The order of events

Ratification

To formally approve a document

Thesis

A statement that can be proven or disproven

refute

Disagree with a thesis

Reconstruction

Time period after the Civil War in which the south was “put back together”

Harlem Renaissance

Celebration of African American culture in the north as a result of the Great Migration

17th amendment

Allows for U.S. Senators to be elected directly by the people

Industry

a group of manufacturers or businesses that produce a particular kind of goods or services

evidence/data

Gathered and used to support a thesis

Credibility

How reliable or believable a source of information is

1965 Immigration Act

Removed quotas on immigrants allowing for more people from Latin America and Asia to enter the U.S.

domestic

To produce or be within a country

16th amendment

Allows Congress to collect an income tax

Secondary Source

Information produced by someone or something that was not at an event

bias

Favoring one side over another, giving special preferences to one person or group

Great Depression

Time period in the 1930s that resulted from the stock market crash leading to people not having jobs

Natural Rights

life , liberty, pursuit of happiness.  Found in the Declaration of Independence

annex

To add to (we did this to Hawaii)

Political

Dealing with government

Imperialism

When one country dominates another

Enlightenment

Time period in which thinkers questioned how kings and queens were ruling

Economic

Dealing with money

Treaty of Versailles

Document that ended WW I

League of Nations

Formed after WWI to prevent future wars...U.S. never joined

Declaration of Independence

Document that said the colonists did not want to be ruled by Great Britain anymore

Pearl Harbor

The attack at this place caused the U.S to enter WW II

Fourteen Points

President Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI

anti-trust

Laws created during the Progressive Era to prevent business monopolies

strikes

When workers refuse to work because of unfair conditions

Korean War

Fought over the 38th parallel, first outbreak of the Cold War

correlation

The relationship between 2 variables

19th amendment

Allowed women to have the right to vote

Federalist Papers

Articles written that argued IN FAVOR of ratifying the Constitution

K.K.K.

Group that is against blacks, immigrants and other groups..formed after Civil War...reemergence in the early 1900s.

18th amendment

Allowed for the banning of alcohol

effect

The result of something

Transnational business organization

A company that operates in multiple countries

Social welfare

The overall well being of the citizens of a country, also includes government programs designed to improve well being for those that need it

foreign

Things that are outside of a country

National security

The organized effort to protect your own country

quotas

A limit on the number of something (these were put on immigrants in the 1924 Immigration Act)

suburban

Areas just outside of the city (because of automobiles)

Culture

The customs, arts, behaviors, achievements of a group of people

Legislative

Branch of government that make the laws

Rust Belt

Area of the country that lost many manufacturing jobs

Reform

To make changes to improve something

advocates/advocate

A person who is in favor of a policy, issue or movement

Plessy v. Ferguson

Supreme court case that said separate but equal was OK

Civil Rights Movement

Time period (1950s-60s) in which African Americans fought for equal rights

NATO

Alliance that was formed after WWII and is still around today

Republic

System of government in which a country is ruled by people that have been chosen by the people

NAACP

GROUP that was created to end racial discrimination

muckrakers

Group of people that exposed the problems in the U.S. leading to the Progressive Era

Internal migration

Process of moving WITHIN a country (ex..Great Migration and Rust Belt to Sun Belt)

Red Scare

Time period in which there was a fear of communism (early 1900s)

Global Communication

Being able to talk to other people throughout the world

McCarthyism

Named after a Senator that accused people in the government of being communist

AIM

GROUP dedicated to getting better rights and treatment of Native Americans

Urbanization

Movement of people from farms into cities

U.S. Constitution

Document that is the supreme law of the land today.  Gives our government its structure

Marshall Plan

Provided for the U.S. to give money to countries in Europe to help them rebuild after WWII

NOW

GROUP dedicated to getting equal opportunities (jobs) for women

isolationist

A person that wants to stay out of other countries affairs

Urban

city

Primary Source

A first hand account..diary, picture, interview

Manufacturing

The process of producing things in factories

Judicial

Branch of government that interprets the laws

cause

The reason something happens

tariffs

A tax on goods imported from other countries.  The government used this during the Great Depression which caused a worldwide depression.

Anti-Federalist Papers

Articles that argued AGAINST ratifying the Constitution

Preamble

An introduction to a document..We the people

Stock market speculation

Buying and selling stocks in order to make a profit..led to the Great Depression

Federalism

System within a government that gives certain powers to the Federal government and certain powers to state and local governments

Social Contract

Unwritten agreement between citizens and their government

Grievance

A formal complaint (there are over 20 of these in the Declaration of Independence)

Reservation system

A plan that was put in place to keep Native Americans off of the land that Europeans wanted

unrest

A state of instability or chaos within an area

agrarian/rural

A farming area

immigration

Process of moving from one country to another

USA Patriot Act

Put in place after 9/11 to give the government more tools to stop terrorism

New Deal

F.D.R.’s plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression

Great Migration

Movement of millions of African Americans from the south to the north in the early 1900s.

Labor organizations/unions

Formed by workers to get better working conditions and pay

Magna Carta

Early document that first said citizens should have a say..influenced the Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

capitalism

Economic system that involves private ownership of businesses and free market