US His Final Exam VOCAB

Initiative

the right of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters of the legislature for approval

Prohibition

banning of alcohol

Recall

the right that enables voter to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office

Referendum

the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature

Suffrage

the right to vote

Alliances

a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations

Militarism

a policy of aggressive military preparedness

Nationalism

a policy of aggressive military preparedness

Propaganda

the spreading of ideas about an institution or individual for the purpose of influencing opinion

Victory Garden

gardens planted by citizens during the war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more for the troops

Assembly Line

a production system with machines and workers arranged so that each person performs an assigned task again and again as the item passes before him or her

Credit

an amount or sum of money placed at a person's disposal by a bank on condition that it will be repaid with interest

Disposable

referring to the money remaining to an individual after deduction of taxes

Mass Production

the production of large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line

Model T

automobile built by the Ford Motor Company from 1908 until 1927

Bank Run

when too many people attempt to withdraw their money from a bank in fear that the bank will collapse

Bull Market

A long period of rising stock prices

Installment

regular periodic payment made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit

Margin Call

demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin

Speculation

the act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise

New Frontier

Kennedy's legislative agenda

Reapportionment

the method states use to draw up political districts based on changed in population

Republican Candidate (Election of 1960)

Richard Nixon

Democratic Candidate (Elections of 1960)

John F Kennedy

Cold Warriors

Both candidates in 1960 wanting to stop communism

Revenue sharing

federal tax money that is distributed among the states

Impound

the take possession of

Détente

a policy that attempt to relax or ease tensions between nation

Summit

a meeting between heads of government

Welfare

aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need, especially disadvantaged social groups

For Ch 22 & 25 those words aren't really vocab words so I don't have a definition for them

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