End Of Course Vocabulary Modern US History
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| 167308103 | Gilded Age | Period of rapid wealth accumulation by entrepreneurs from approximately the 1870's-1890's | |
| 167308105 | Constituent | people represented by an elected official | |
| 167308107 | Nativism | political movement characterized by anti-immigrant sentiment favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people | |
| 167308109 | Assimilation | process by which minority group gradually adopts the culture of the majority group | |
| 167308111 | Radicals | group(s) favoring fundamental changes from present | |
| 167308113 | Progressives | early 20th century reformers seeking to return the government to the people and correcting injustices | |
| 167308115 | Bureaucracy | government department and agencies of non-elected officials | |
| 167308117 | Interest group | an organization supporting a particular goal through attempts to influence the political process | |
| 167308119 | Stagflation | an economic condition of slow economic growth marked by both inflation and high unemployment | |
| 167308121 | Deficit spending | government spending more money than it receives in a fiscal year | |
| 167308123 | National debt | the sum of deficit spending over time | |
| 167308125 | Deregulation | reduction or removal of federal rules on business and industry | |
| 167308127 | Hoovervilles | communities of hastily built shelters often constructed by people evicted during the Great Depression | |
| 167308129 | Rust belt | region in the northeast and midwest where heavy industry and population declined since the 1970's | |
| 167308131 | Sun belt | region in the southeast and southwest which experienced heavy population and business growth since the 1970's | |
| 167308133 | Steel belt | region in US where most of the heavy industry was once located | |
| 167308135 | Cotton belt | southern region in US where most of the cotton is grown | |
| 167308137 | Suburbia | residential towns that are around major cities | |
| 167308139 | Manifest Destiny | a belief and policy that claimed the United States had a right to expand on the North American continent | |
| 167308141 | European Union | a n organization that unites many European nations for political, social, and economic goals such as free trade and military cooperation | |
| 167308143 | Stalemate | a political situation in which further action is blocked | |
| 167308145 | Affirmative action | programs that gave preference to women and minorities in hiring and admissions | |
| 167308147 | Capitalism | an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. | |
| 167308149 | Communism | a system of government in which there is no private property and there are no economic classes | |
| 167308151 | Conservation | the careful use of resources | |
| 167308153 | Deflation | a fall in the general price level or a contraction of credit and available money | |
| 167308155 | Détente | efforts to lower Cold War tensions in the 1960s and early 1970s | |
| 167308157 | Economic Cycle | a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country | |
| 167308159 | Foreign Policy | a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives. | |
| 167308161 | Inflation | increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money | |
| 167308163 | Immigration | movement of people to settle in a new country | |
| 167308165 | Impeach | to bring an accusation against the President (House of Representatives) | |
| 167308167 | Imperialism | the policy of extending a nation's power by gaining territories fro a colonial empire | |
| 167308169 | Infrastructure | the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization. | |
| 167308171 | Integration | an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group | |
| 167308173 | Isolationism | a policy in which a nation avoids entanglements in foreign wars | |
| 167308175 | Laissez faire | French meaning "allow to do" - in business, it refers to a system where companies are allowed to conduct business without interference from the government | |
| 167308177 | Liberal | noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform | |
| 167308180 | Militarism | the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military | |
| 167308182 | Monopoly | exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices | |
| 167308184 | Oppression | the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner | |
| 167308186 | Platform | a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party | |
| 167308188 | Popular Culture | contemporary lifestyle and items that are well known and generally accepted | |
| 167308189 | Precedent | a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases | |
| 167308191 | Segregation | the separation of people based on race | |
| 167308193 | Sexism | discrimination based on gender | |
| 167308195 | Social Class | a broad group in society having common economic, cultural, or political status | |
| 167308197 | Socialism | a political theory advocating state ownership of industry | |
| 167308198 | Sphere of Influence | an area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources of another nation or area | |
| 167308199 | Supply side economics | the economic theory that tax cuts and business incentives will increase the supply of labor and goods and stimulate the economy |
