| A | B |
|---|
| a war in which one side inflicts continuous losses ont eh enemy in order to wear down its strength | war of attrition |
| ended slavery in the United States | 13th amendment |
| uses hit and run tactics | guerrilla warfare |
| firsthand source, person was actually there | primary source |
| second-hand source, was written after the fact | secondary source |
| items seized from the enemy during wartime | contraband |
| offical forgivness for a crime | pardon |
| bring charges against | impeach |
| a citizen's personal liberties which are guaranteed by law | civil rights |
| license to make, use, or sell an invention | patent |
| complete control of a product or service | monopoly |
| an economic and political system that facors public control of property and income | socialism |
| a drop in the prices of goods | deflation |
| the federal government's plan for the makeup and quantity of the nation's money supply | monetary policy |
| theory that a government should play a very limited role in business | laissez-faire |
| system of non-elected government workers | civil service |
| a large open area beneath the ship's deck | steerage |
| low-cost apartment buildings designed to house many families | tenements |
| areas in which one ethic or radical group dominated | ghettos |
| favoring native-born Americans over immigrants | Nativism |
| ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholicbeverages | prohibition |
| the ability to read and write | literacy |
| the process by which people of one culture become part of another culture | assimilate |
| specila fee that must be paid before a person can vote | poll tax |
| illegal seizure and execution of a person | lynching |
| devotion to one's nation | nationalism |
| stronger nation's attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations | imperialism |
| join a new territory to an existing one | annex |
| the settlement of a dispute by a person chosen to listen to both sides and come to a decision | arbitration |
| process where citizens can propose new laws by obtaining a certain percentage of voter's signatures on a petition | initiative |
| process where citizens may demand that a law passed by the legislature is reffered to the voters | referendum |
| gives voters the ability to remove public officals from office before the next election | recall |
| nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change the law | civil disobedience |
| situation where neither side is able to gain the advantage | stalemate |
| cease-fire | armistice |
| the organized killing of an entire people | genocide |
| a system of distributing goods to consumers in a fixed amount | rationing |
| citizens who take the law into their own hands | vigilante |
| the power to make decisions about one's own future | self-determination |
| the rewards of war | spoils |
| payment from an enemy for economic injury caused during a war | reparations |
| the readying of troops for war | mobilization |
| a policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries | isolationism |
| a program in which the nations of the world would voluntarily give up their weapons | disarmament |
| the statistics that describe a population | demographics |
| illegal bars that flourished in the 1920's | speakeasies |
| the practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a high gain | speculation |
| periods in which the economy grows, then contracts | business cycle |
| leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics | demagogues |
| income | revenue |
| alliance of groups with similar goals | coalition |
| government that controsl every aspect of a person's life | totalitarian |
| government system that places the importance of the nation above the value of the individual | fascism |
| giving in to someone's demands in order to keep the peace | appeasement |
| lightening war | blitzkrieg |
| the systematic killing of the Jews and other minority groups | Holocaust |
| hostility toward the Jews | antisemitism |
| government spending of borrowed money to get the economy moving | deficit spending |
| status that is derived from length of service | Senority |
| Distributing goods to consumers in a fixed manner | rationing |
| the competition that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and influence in the world | cold war |
| policy of risking war in order to protect political interests | brinkmanship |
| American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world | containment |
| a peaceful way of protesting against policies | nonviolent protest |
| a form of protest in which protestors seat themselves and refuse to move | sit-in |
| someone who opposes war on moral or religious grounds | conscientious objector |
| offical postponement of a person's call to serve in the armed services | Deferment |
| a group taht rejects most of the conventional social customs and norms | counterculture |
| a person who criticizes the actions of his or her government | dissident |
| a general pardon for certain crimes | amnesty |
| during an election this term is used for the current office-holder | incumbent |
| the systematic separation of people of different racial backgrounds, such as blacks and whites in South Africa | Apartheid |
