"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 2

This list focuses on revolution and the early republic (Unit 1, Chapter 2).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 1, American Beginnings to 1877: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4

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  1. duty
    a government tax on imports or exports
  2. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  3. massacre
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  4. intolerable
    incapable of being put up with
  5. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
  6. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
  7. patriot
    one who loves and defends his or her country
  8. revolution
    the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
  9. inflation
    a general and progressive increase in prices
  10. peninsular
    of a mass of land projecting into a body of water
  11. egalitarianism
    the doctrine of the equality of mankind
  12. article
    a separate section of a legal document
  13. confederation
    the state of being allied
  14. republic
    a political system in which power lies in a body of citizens
  15. ordinance
    a statute enacted by a city government
  16. rebellion
    organized opposition to authority
  17. federalism
    government divided between central and regional powers
  18. balance
    equality of distribution
  19. ratification
    making something valid by formally confirming it
  20. judiciary
    the system of law courts that administer justice
  21. cabinet
    group chosen by a head of state to run executive departments
  22. tariff
    a government tax on imports or exports
  23. alien
    a person who comes from a foreign country
  24. sedition
    an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
  25. nullification
    doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize a federal law
Created on Wed Nov 16 11:51:20 EST 2016 (updated Thu Nov 17 10:07:27 EST 2016)

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