| A | B |
|---|
| Slavery | system of holding people against their will for involuntary servitude. |
| Sit-in | action or protesters in occupying a public place to force concessions. |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | law passed in 1890 declaring combinations in restraint of trade illegal. |
| Shays' Rebellion | armed rebellion in 1786 in protest against foreclosure of farms for failure to pay taxes. |
| Share croppers | tenant farmers who tent & work land in exchange for percentage of the crop. |
| Sexual harassment | practice of expecting female employees to submit to sexual advances of male superiors. |
| Separation of powers | doctrine that liberty of the people is best assured by the division of gov't into separate branches. |
| Separation of church & state | doctrine that gov't may not restrict or encourge the expression of religious beliefs. |
| Separate but equal | doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson that legal separation of blacks & whites did not violate the 14th amendment. |
| Senate | the part of congress made up of two members from each state. |
| Segregation | separation of groups of people, usually blacks & whites. |
| Sedition | that act of stirring up rebellion against a gov't. |
| Security | safety, freedom from danger. |
| Securities & Exchange Commission | federal agency created in 1934 to regulate the stock market. |
| Sectionalism | rivalry between different areas of the country. |
| Second- class citizenship | condition of having fewer or inferior rights & priveleges. |
| Secession | withdrawal of a state from the union. |
| Search & seizure | police power to look for & hold evidence in the investigation of a crime. |
| Scopes trial | the trial of a teacher gor teaching evolution. |
| Satellite state | a nation controlled by a more powerful nation. |
| Sanctuary | place of refuge or protection. |
| Salutary neglect | phrase describing the idea that the American colonies benefited from lack of interest by the British gov't before 1763 |
