| A | B |
| "We the people..in order to form a more perfect Union" | The Preamble to the Constitution |
| "We hold these truths to be self-evident" | Declaration of Independence |
| "Give me liberty or give me death" | Patrick Henry |
| "I regret that I have but one live to give..." | Nathan Hale |
| "We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately" | Benjamin Franklin |
| "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy" | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| popular sovereigny | rule by the people |
| federalism | power is shared by the national and state governments |
| checks and balances | each branch can control (to a degree) the other two branches |
| separation of powers | power is split among three branches |
| republicanism | people vote for representatives |
| businesses owned by all in a society who share the work and profits | Socialism |
| Representatives elected to govern | Republic |
| Strong, central government with a dictator (like Mussolini) | Totalitarianism |
| Collectivization eliminated private property | Communism |
| "Total" rule of a dictator who does not abide by laws or a constitution | Fascism |
| Something that actually existed, was written, or filmed in a time period | Primary source |
| Something about a time period or event that was not experienced first hand | Secondary source |
| The process of "staying uninvolved" as the U.S. at the start of WWII | isolationism |
| Great Britain and France tried to satisfy Hitler initially usiing this policy | appeasement |