Governme and Politics
In which system do people hold power, often by voting?
Democracy
A tax on imported goods is called _____?
Tariffs
The idea that the USA was destined to expand westward.
Manifest Destiny.
The movement to end slavery was called ______
Abolition
Factories and machines making goods is called.
What type of democracy has elected representatives making laws?
200a: Republic
Which economic system is based on private ownership and profit?
Capitalism
Britain controlling the 13 colonies is an example of this.
Colonialism.
A person trying to end slavery was called an _______
an abolitionist.
Growth of cities, often from job opportunities in factories, is called _______.
Urbanizatio
What’s it called when each branch of government can limit the others?
Checks and Balances
Socialism
When a powerful country takes over or heavily influences a weaker country.
Imperialism.
A person agreeing to work 4-7 years in exchange for a free trip to the New World is called an ______?
Indentured Servant
When immigrants are pressured to adopt American culture
Assimilation
What system divides power between states and the national government?
Federalism
In this economic system, the government owns everything and there's no private property.
Communism
Staying out of foreign affairs is known as ______.
Isolationism.
Slavery where the people are property for life, and their children are property, is called ____________.
The belief that native-born people should be favored over foreign-born people is called ______
Nativism
Define Suffrage
The right to vote.
A tariff makes a foreign-made product (more expensive/less expensive) in the USA.
More expensive. You must pay the tariff so the price goes up.
Getting involved in other countries' conflicts, especially through war and politics, is called ______?
Interventionism
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
Progressivism