| A | B |
|---|
| any object made by human beings | artifact |
| a company in which a number of people purchase shares of ownership | joint-stock company |
| the farthest part of a settled area, where the wilderness begins | frontier |
| a nation in which citizens elect representatives to manage the government | republic |
| a system in which all people take a direct part in government | democracy |
| full authority to act | sovereignty |
| a group of people chosen by each state to meet and elect the President and Vice-President | electoral college |
| a change in the Constitution | ammendment |
| an example for future actions | precedent |
| to formally withdraw from an organization or nation | secede |
| the buying and selling of goods | commerce |
| federal projects such as the building of roads, canals, and bridges | internal improvements |
| voting rights for all people | universal suffrage |
| an especially long or severe decline | depression |
| a statement of the principles and beliefs of a political party | platform |
| a person involved in the movement to do away with slavery | abolitionist |
| the movement for women's rights | feminism |
| a person who buys and uses goods or services | consumer |
| the extension of one country's rule over other nations or colonies | imperialism |
| the warmer regions of the United States | Sunbelt |
