AICE US History Chapter 1 Vocab

Abolition/ Abolitionist

To officially end something

Approval

To allow or officially agree to or support something

Authority/Authorities

The official power to make decisions or to control other people/the people or institutions that hold that power

Breakdown

The failure or end of something such as communication or a relationship

Candidate

One of the people taking part in an election or trying to get a job

Compensation

Money that you pay to someone because you are responsible for injuring them or damaging something

Compromise

An agreement to accept something that is not exactly what you want

Conflict

Serious disagreement

Congress

The body that passes the laws in the USA, and controls tax and spend decisions

Consensus

With the willing agreement of all the people involved

Constitution

The set of political principles by which a state or organisation is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs

Delegate

A person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting

Domination

To have control over a place or person

Election/Electorate

To decide on or choose, especially to choose a person or a particular job, by voting

Emancipation

To give people social or political freedom and rights

Entrenchment

To firmly establish something, especially an idea or a problem, so that it cannot be changed

Expansion

To increase in size, number, area, or importance, or to make something increase in this way

Federation

Relating to the central government as opposed to the local one

Fugitive

To escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear

Impostion

To officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received

Inauguration

To have a ceremony to celebrate an important person starting a new job

Leadership/Leader

To direct a group (including a country) by giving instructions or setting an example

Opponent/The Opposition

To disagree with something or someone, often by speaking or fighting against it or them

Policy

A set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed officially

Prohibition

To officially refuse to allow something

Prosperity

The state of being successful and having a lot of goods and money

Radical

Believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change

Repercussions

The consequences or results of an action, event, or decision, especially the bad ones

Representation/Representative

To act or speak on behalf of someone who is not present

Secession

When a region leaves a country and either becomes an independent country itself or becomes part of a different country

Senate

One of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some political systems such as in the USA

Settlement

To reach a decision or an agreement about something, or to end a disagreement

Slavery

Having slaves or the condition of being a slave

Sovereignty

The ultimate power, especially a king or queen

Split

To (cause to) divide in to two or more parts

Tension

A feeling of fear or anger between two groups of people who do not trust each other

Territory

(and area of) land, belonging to or connected with a particular country or person; in the USA, specifically a unit of the country which does not have the same rights and status as a member state

Threat

To say that you will hurt someone or cause problems if they do not do what you want

Turnout

The percentage of eligible voters who vote in an election

Tyranny

when some-one has unlimited power over people and uses it unfairly or cruelly

Veto

An official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something

Vote

A choice made by a particular person or group in a meeting or an election