AP US History Chapters 2-5 Flashcards
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| 458612028 | Nationalism | Fervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation-state. | 0 | |
| 458612029 | Primogeniture | The legal principle that the oldest soon inherits all family property or land. | 1 | |
| 458612030 | Joint-stock Companies | An economic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment. | 2 | |
| 458612031 | Charter | A legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations. | 3 | |
| 458612032 | Census | An official count of population, often also including other information about the population. | 4 | |
| 458612033 | Feudal | Concerning the hierarchical, decentralized medieval social system of personal obligations between rulers and ruled. | 5 | |
| 458612034 | Indentured Servant | A poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor, often in exchange for a benefit such as transportation, protection or training. | 6 | |
| 458612035 | Toleration | Originally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority. | 7 | |
| 458612036 | Squatter | A frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others, or land not yet officially opened for a settlement. | 8 | |
| 458612037 | Buffer | In politics, a small territory or state between two larger, antagonistic powers, established to minimize the possibility of conflict between them. | 9 | |
| 458612038 | Melting Pot | Popular American term for an ethnically diverse population that is presumed to be "melting" toward some common homogeneous national identity. | 10 | |
| 458612039 | Predestination | The Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned. | 11 | |
| 458612040 | Elect | In Calvinist doctrine, those who had been chosen by God for salvation. | 12 | |
| 458612041 | Conversion | A religious turn to God, thought by Calvinists to involve an intense, identifiable personal experience of grace. | 13 | |
| 458612042 | Visible Saints | In Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expected to lead godly lives. | 14 | |
| 458612043 | Calling | In Protestantism, the belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work. | 15 | |
| 458612044 | Heresy | Departure from correct or officially defined beliefs. | 16 | |
| 458612045 | Seditious | Concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government. | 17 | |
| 458612046 | Commonwealth | An organized civil government or social order united for a shared purpose. | 18 | |
| 458612047 | Autocratic | Absolute or dictatorial rule. | 19 | |
| 458612048 | Passive Resistance | Nonviolent action or opposition to authority, often in accord with religious or moral beliefs. | 20 | |
| 458612049 | Asylum | A place of refuge and security, especially for the persecuted or unfortunate. | 21 | |
| 458612050 | Proprietary | Concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarchy. | 22 | |
| 458612051 | Naturalization | The granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants. | 23 | |
| 458612052 | Blue Laws | Laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. | 24 | |
| 458612053 | Ethnic | Concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Anglo-Saxon background. | 25 | |
| 458612054 | Headright | The right to acquire a certain amount of land ranted to the person who finances the passage of a laborer. | 26 | |
| 458612055 | Disfranchise | To take away the right to vote. | 27 | |
| 458612056 | Civil War | Any conflict between the citizens or inhabitants of the same country. | 28 | |
| 458612057 | Tidewater | The territory adjoining water affected by tides--that is, near the seacoast or coastal rivers. | 29 | |
| 458612058 | Middle Passage | that portion of a slave ship's journey in which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas. | 30 | |
| 458612059 | Fertility | The ability to reproduce and bear abundant young. | 31 | |
| 458612060 | Menial | Fit for servants; humble or low. | 32 | |
| 458612061 | Militia | A voluntary, nonprofessional armed force of citizens, usually called to military service only in emergencies. | 33 | |
| 458612062 | Hierarchy | A social group arranged in ranks or classes. | 34 | |
| 458612063 | Corporation | A private group or institution to which the government grants legal rights to carry on certain specified activities. | 35 | |
| 458612064 | Jeremiad | A sermon or prophecy recounting wrongdoing, warning of doom, and calling for repentance. | 36 | |
| 458612065 | Lynching | The illegal execution of an accused person by mob action, without due process of law. | 37 | |
| 458612066 | Hinterland | An inland region set back from a port, river, or seacoast. | 38 | |
| 458612067 | Social Structure | The basic pattern of the distribution of statues and wealth in a society. | 39 | |
| 458612068 | Blue-blood | Of noble or upper-class descent. | 40 | |
| 458612069 | Sect | A small religious group tat has broken away from some larger mainstream church, often claiming superior or exclusive possession of religious truth. | 41 | |
| 458612070 | Agitators | Persons who seek to excite or persuade the public on some issue. | 42 | |
| 458612071 | Stratification | The visible arrangement of society into a hierarchical pattern, with distinct social groups layered one on top of another. | 43 | |
| 458612072 | Mobility | The capacity to pass readily from one social or economic condition to another. | 44 | |
| 458612073 | Elite | A small, identifiable group at the top of a society or particular institution, usually possessing wealth, power, or special privileges. | 45 | |
| 458612074 | Almshouse | In the pre-modern era, a home for the poor, supported by charity or public funds. | 46 | |
| 458612075 | Gentry | Landowners of substantial property, social standing, and leisure, but not title nobility. | 47 | |
| 458612076 | Tenant Farmer | One who rents rather than owns land. | 48 | |
| 458612077 | Penal Code | The body of criminal laws specifying offenses and prescribing punishments. | 49 | |
| 458612078 | Veto | The executive power to prevent acts passed by the legislature from becoming law. | 50 | |
| 458612079 | Profession | An occupation traditionally characterized by specialized skill, mastery of a body of knowledge, and publicly defined privileges and responsibilities. | 51 | |
| 458612080 | Apprentice | A person who works under a master to acquire instruction and skill in a trade or profession. | 52 | |
| 458612081 | Speculation | Buying land or anything else in the hope of profiting by an expected rise in price. | 53 | |
| 458612082 | Revival | In religion, a movement of renewed enthusiasm and commitment, often accompanied by special meetings or evangelical activity. | 54 | |
| 458612083 | Secular | Belonging to the worldly sphere, as distinct from the specifically sacred or churchly. | 55 |