1.Citizens elect lawmakers to legislate for them.
2. Also known as a republic.
USA is an example.

1. Volunteer military force.
2. Traditionally included all able bodied men, as in the militia clause of the Second Amendment.

Agreement involving cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers – import quotas and tariffs – and to increase trade of goods and services with each other.

1. The late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900.
2. The term was coined by writer Mark Twain.

A tax to vote. Ruled unconstitutional

The right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office.

The political position of preserving status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants.

1. A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
2. Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates are examples of Philanthropists.

Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.

A sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies.

Policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

A political term for significant activity undertaken by a state to influence something not directly under its control.

The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.

U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the Americas in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.

The Monroe Doctrine had been sought to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but now the _____________ justified American intervention throughout the Western Hemisphere

An effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. 

1. A petition to propose amendments to the constitution.

2. A petition to propose enactment of national legislation.

A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to vote on a particular proposal.

A procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended.

Established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states.

Economically, ______________ argue that the strong should see their wealth and power increase while the weak should see their wealth and power decrease.

1. The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin.
2. Survival of the Fittest

1. The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. 

2. Often times linked to intense racism and nationalism such as Nazi Germany.

The expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country.

Of or relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

To yield or concede to another nation, often at the expense of ones principles.

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Aid and action designed to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain and protect human dignity during and in the aftermath of man-made crises and natural disasters.

Compulsory recruitment for military service.     

Prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old.

Abolished Slavery

Made all former slaves citizens

Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

U.S. Supreme Court case from 1896 that upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants.

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

The elimination of laws requiring the separation of people by race, creed or color.

The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.

The broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River tallgrass prairie states and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.

The two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and whose interaction causes continental drift, earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches.

A mass of mud and other earthy material that is falling or has fallen down a hillside or other slope.

The United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast. This attitude helped fuel western settlement, Native American removal and war with Mexico.

Those factors which either forcefully push people into migration or attract them. 

Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world's land area, but swaths the size of Panama are lost each and every year.

A writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation

An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination.

Ensures that no person can be elected to more than two four-year terms as President of the United States.

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.

A tax in imported goods

A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

A tax to vote. Ruled Unconstitutional

The political position of preserving status for certain established inhabitants of a nation. Generally anti-immigration.

A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money.

The law that protects endangered species from being harmed or killed is called...

An example of habitat destruction occurs in what type of forest?

How can habitat disruption affect biodiversity?

Which Amendment ushered in the age of Prohibition?

Which Amendment to the Constitution repealed the 18th Amendment and stopped Prohibition?

Prohibition - or the outlawing of alcohol - was enforced by which of the laws below?

The climate of fear and suspicion that came about as immigration increased and many began to fear rising communism and socialism.

The center of music publishing in New York City.

Who became the most important and influential jazz musician of the 1920s & 1930s?

The movement of African-Americans from the south to the north in large numbers.

Who was the African-American poet most associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

a period of musical, artistic, and literary productivity among African Americans in New York City  (specifically the neighborhood of Harlem)

Which Amendment provided suffrage to women?

A time period when many people defied prohibition, indulged new styles of dancing and dressing and rejected many traditional moral standards.

A system for paying for an item in fixed amounts over a period of time.

The prejudice against foreign-born people is known as:

The KKK in the 1920s were against all of the following EXCEPT:

The era in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was against the law was known as:

Chicago was home to which notorious gangster with a bootlegging empire?

What is the policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs?

Speakeasies were:

The Harlem Renaissance refers to:

Bootleggers are:

Those who oppose any form of government are

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country is called ______.

Young women during the 1920's who wore short dresses and bobbed their hair. 

The belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners is called ______.

A group formed to protest against the use of alcoholic beverages. 

Legal papers purchased giving part ownership in a company or corporation. 

Farmers who rent land and give part of their crop to the owner of the land. 

Flew the first non-stop airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean between New York City and Paris, France. 

To what political party did the three Presidents of the Roaring Twenties belong? 

New York Yankees great baseball player. 

Which President of the 1920's is associated with the "Teapot Dome Scandal"? 

What made the production, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages illegal throughout the United States?

A sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies. 

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

1. A group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

2. Designed to improve conditions for persons suffering in the Great Depression.

The forced relocation and incarceration during World War II of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese Ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country. 

The controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand.

1. A bomb that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity

2. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Truman's policy that stated that Communism should be kept from expanding and will eventually collapse.

A political term for significant activity undertaken by a state to influence something not directly under its control.

The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.

1. The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

2. The practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.

A struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve Civil Rights equal to those of whites, including equal 
opportunity in employment, housing, and 
education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, 
and the right to be free of discrimination.

1. 48-mile ship canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. 

2. Most associated with Theodore Roosevelt

A global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.

It included all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing alliances: the Allied Powers (USA, England, France, Russia) and the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan). 

U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the Americas in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention.

The Monroe Doctrine had been sought to prevent European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but now the _____________ justified American intervention throughout the Western Hemisphere