| A | B |
|---|
| liberalism | political philosophy that promotes social change and individual freedoms |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| Chartists | important reform group of the working class - proposed political changes, i.e., voting rights for all adult men, no property requirements for voting, a secret ballot, salaries for members of Parliament so that middle and lower classes could take seats,& equal electoral districts |
| home rule | self-government, especially when granted to a dependent country |
| suffragettes | women who actively worked to win voting rights for women |
| Northwest Ordinance | guaranteed that people that lived in territories would have rights equal to those who lived in the original 13 states - provided that the Northwest Territory eould be divided into states and admitted into the Union of a equal basis with existing states |
| sectionalism | overemphasis on the political and economic interests of one's own region |
| secede | to withdraw formally from membership in a political organization |
| total war | targeting the enemy's military and civilian resources |
| anarchists | persons who believe in the abolition of all governments |
| colitions | groups organized in support of a common cause |
| haciendas | large, self-sufficient farming estates |
| peninsulares | Latin American whites who were born in Spain or Portugal |
| creoles | Native-born whites in Latin America |
| mestizos | persons of Indian and white ancestry |
| mulattoes | persons of black and white ancestry |
| Monroe Doctrine | statement issued by President Monroe opposing European intervention in Latin American affairs |
| causillos | mestizo military leaders who ruled by personal power |
