AP US History 1 Chapter 4 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
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| 6979853673 | Congregational Church | Self-governing Puritan congregations without the hierarchical establishment of the Anglican Church. | 0 | |
| 6979853674 | headright system | The right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of laborer | 1 | |
| 6979853681 | jeremiad | A sermon or prophecy recounting wrongdoing, warning of doom, and calling for repentance. | 2 | |
| 6979853683 | Middle Passage | That portion of a slave ship's journey to which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas. | 3 | |
| 6979883580 | disfranchise | To take away the right to vote. | 4 | |
| 6979889023 | civil war | Any conflict between the citizens or inhabitants of the same country. | 5 | |
| 6979891991 | tidewater | The territory adjoining water affected by tides---that is, near the seacoast or coastal rivers. | 6 | |
| 6979896565 | fertility | The ability to mate and produce abundant young. | 7 | |
| 6979898640 | menial | Fit for servants, humble or low | 8 | |
| 6979899396 | militia | An armed force of citizens called out only in emergencies. | 9 | |
| 6979900831 | hierarchy | A social group arranged in ranks or classes. | 10 | |
| 6979902131 | corporation | A group or institutional granted legal rights to carry on certain specified activities. | 11 | |
| 6979904220 | lynching | The illegal execution of an accused person by mob action, without due process of law. | 12 | |
| 6979907707 | hinterland | An inland region set back from a port, river, or seacoast | 13 | |
| 6979911917 | social structure | The basic pattern of the distribution of status and wealth in a society. | 14 | |
| 6979914814 | blue blood | Of noble or upper-class descent. | 15 |