Vocabulary Words A
A large territory purchased from France in 1803.
Louisiana Purchase
A policy of extending a nation’s boundaries.
Expansionism
The difference between how much a country imports and how much it exports.
Balance of Trade
The body of people allowed to vote.
Electorate
To cancel a law.
Repeal
The 1898 war between Spain and the United States, which resulted in the United States taking control of the Philippines.
Spanish-American War
People who flee their homeland to seek safety elsewhere.
Refugees
Situation in which a country imports more than it exports.
Trade Deficit
The domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
Imperialism
The act of freeing someone, usually from slavery or serfdom.
Emancipation
A campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages.
Temperance Movement
The movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in Palestine.
Zionism
Situation in which a country exports more than it imports.
Trade Surplus
The movement of people to cities.
Urbanization
Crowded, multistory building divided into apartments.
Tenement
Someone who manages and assumes the financial risks of starting a new business.
Entrepreneur
A government in which the ruling power belongs to a few people.
Oligarchy
A movement that urged Christians to social service.
Social Gospel
A form of warfare using hit-and-run raids.
Guerrilla Warfare
The belief that one racial group is superior to another.
Racism
Votes cast without announcing them publicly.
Secret Ballot
Business owned by many investors who buy shares of stock and risk only the amount of their investment.
Corporation
The belief that the United States was destined to expand from sea to sea across the entire North American continent.
Manifest Destiny
Workers’ organization.
Labor Union
An economic system allowing business to operate with little or no government interference.
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