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History
10th Grade
01/20/2011

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Term
Dictatorship
Definition
form of government
rule by one
control by force
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Monarchy
Definition
form of government
rule by king or queen
power based on family
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Absolute Monarchy
Definition
form of government
rule by king or queen
they have "all power"
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Constitutional Monarchy
Definition
form of government
power of the monarch is shared
parliament shares power with the king
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Theocracy
Definition
form of government
rule by religious leaders
laws based upon the religion
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Democracy
Definition
form of government
rule by the people
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Presidential Democracy
Definition
form of government
separation of power
executive and legislative are elected by the people
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parliamentary democracy
Definition
form of government
little separation of power
people elect the legislative who then elect the executive
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Age of Enlightenment
Definition
period of time when peole began to challenge the government
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natural rights
Definition
idea that "all men are created equal" an idea that started during the Age of Enlightenment by John Locke
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Separation of Power
Definition
the idea that the powers of government should be split between various branches of government
an idea that started during the Age of Enlightenment by Montesquieu
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Checks and Balances
Definition
the idea that the branches of government should be able to oversee variuos workings of each other
an idea that started during the Age of Enlightenment by Montesquieu
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First Amendment
Definition
Freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly
Term
Ninteenth Amendment
Definition
Womens Suffrage(vote)
Term
Twent-sixth Amendment
Definition
18 year olds granted suffrage(vote)
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Declaration of Independence
Definition
American colonies delared their freedom from Great Britain, based on the ideas of John Locke
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Compare the American Revolution and the French Revolution
Definition
both were influenced by the Age of Enlightenment, both involved taxes and lack of political rights
Differnce
American - colonies v. British
French - French v French
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
the change from hand production to machine(mass) production
Term
Agriculture Revolution
Definition
an increase in food production caused by 1)Enclosure system 2)crop rotation 3)selective breeding(hybrids) 4) new machinary
Term
Effects of the Agriculture Revolution
Definition
Increase in food production
Number of farm workers needed decreases
size of farms increase
Term
Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Definition
production increases
new jobs
urbanization
variety of goods
increase in wealth(not everyone)
destruction of envoronment
Term
Urban
Definition
city, dense population
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Rural
Definition
country, sparse population
Term
suburb
Definition
that are just outside the city
not dense or sparse population
Term
Urbanization
Definition
city building, movement of people to the city
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Suburbanization
Definition
movement of people to that are just ouside the city.
Began as idustrialism progressed, the wealthy moved out of the city
Term
textile industry
Definition
manufacture of cloth, was the first to industrialize
Term
Labor Union
Definition
organization to protect the rights of workers.
Better pay
Shorter working hours
Safer working conditions
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Collective Bargaining
Definition
form of negiotiations
the union represented the workers and negotiated with management(owners)
Term
Strike
Definition
work stoppage, used by labor unions when collective bargaining failed
Term
Imperialism
Definition
When a more powerful country takes Political, Economical, and or Social control of a less powerful country
Term
Factors of Imperialism
Definition
1)need for raw materials(natural resources)
2)need to open new markets
3)missonary movement/social darwinism
4)national pride/geopolitics
Most countries that were imperializing were industrialized
Term
American Imperialism
Definition
Began with the Spanish American War
Cuba, Puerto,and Philippine Islands fell under U.S. control
Term
Hawaii
Definition
Annexed by the U.S.
an example of economic imperialism
Term
Market Economy
Definition
economic system based upon private ownership and freedom of choice.
Producers and consumers answer the economic questions
Term
Command Economy
Definition
economic system based public ownership and government control. Government answers the economic questions
Term
Socialism
Definition
Government controls the major factors of production for the comman good(the good of all)
Term
Factors of Production
Definition
the 1)land 2)labor 3)capital and 4)entreprenuers needed to produce goods/services
Term
Traditional Economy
Definition
economic system based on the past, economic questions are answered how they have always been
Barter/Trade is very important
Amish
Term
Mixed Economy
Definition
economic system that combine elements from market and command
Term
Tariff
Definition
tax on imported goods
Term
excise tax
Definition
tax on goods/service at the production level
Term
sales tax
Definition
tax on goods purchased
Term
personal income tax
Definition
tax on an individuals wages or earnings
Term
corporate income tax
Definition
tax on the earnings of a business
Term
laissez-faire
Definition
"hands-off" government has very few restrictions on business activities
Term
Federal Reserve System
Definition
the central banking system of the U.S.
Controls the money supply by 1) Prime rates 2) reserve rates 3) buying and selling of Treasury Notes
Term
What happens to the Money Supply if:
Prime Rates Increase
Definition
Interest Rates increase and money supply decreases
Term
What happens to the Money Supply if:
Reserve Rates decrease
Definition
interest rates decrease and money supply increases
Term
What happens to the Money Supply if:
Federal Reserve buys Treasury Notes
Definition
Money supply increases
Term
Immigration
Definition
movement of people from one country to another
Term
Factors of Immigration
Definition
1) jobs
2) war
3) political/religious persecution
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Plessy v Ferguson
Definition
Spreme Court rule that Separate but equal was constitutional
Term
Brown v Bd. of Education
Definition
overturned Plessy, Separate but equal in the field of education was impossible, led to desegregation
Term
Jim Crow laws
Definition
laws that promoted segregation
Term
primary source
Definition
book or article written first hand, written by an individual that was there
Term
second hand source
Definition
book or article written based upon the study of an event
Term
reliable
Definition
dependable, has a good reputation
Term
credible
Definition
has credits, can be trusted based upon the facts presented
Term
Propaganda
Definition
information provided that wants the reader to react without thinking
Most ads are propaganda, will you be the star if you buy a certain pair of shoes?
Term
Genocide
Definition
to kill a specific group of people.
Nazi-Jewish
Pol Pot(Communist Cambodian)-Anti-communistCambodians
Ottomans-Armenians
Stalin-Great Purge
Term
Cold War
Definition
Era following WWII when relations between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. were greatly strained. War of Words, War of political and economic systems
Term
Containment
Definition
U.S. foreign policy during the cold war, an attempt to "contain" communism where it existed
Term
Domino Theory
Definition
the idea that if one country fell under communist control then those countries around it would fall to communism. The basis for U.S. intervention in the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Term
Marshall Plan
Definition
the economic aid to democratic Europe so they could rebuild following WWII
Term
Treaty of Versaille
Definition
Peace treaty following WWI, blamed Germany for WWI and punished them by 1)loss of land 2)restricted military 3) war reparations(pay for war damages)
Term
Factors of WWI
Definition
Imperialism-countries competing for land
Nationalism-belief that your contry is best
Militarism-build-up of your army and navy
Tangled Alliances-was a tangled mess, one little conflict brought the whole world into conflict
Term
Appeasement
Definition
to spoil, a cause of WWII, Hitler was able to take and take and take
Term
Civil Disobedience
Definition
non-violent protest of unjust laws
Gandhi in India Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S. civil rights movement
Term
NAACP
Definition
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a leading organization in the civil rights movement
Term
Russian Revolution
Definition
the communist overthrow of the Czar(King of Russia) led to the development of the U.S.S.R.
Term
Partition
Definition
to divide, India was partion when Britain granted independence(India-Hindu Pakistan-Muslim)
Palestine was partioned following WWII Israel was for the persecuted Jews.
Korea and Vietnam were partitioned after WWII North-communist South anticommunist
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