"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 23

This list focuses on an era of social change (Unit 6, Chapter 23).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 6, Living with Great Turmoil: Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. representation
    the right to have delegates in some legislative body
  2. evangelical
    of a Christian church believing in personal conversion
  3. diversity
    noticeable variety
  4. restoration
    getting something back again
  5. regain
    get or find back; recover the use of
  6. feminism
    a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
  7. ideological
    concerned with or suggestive of mental concepts
  8. sexism
    discriminatory behavior towards the opposite gender
  9. consciousness
    an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself
  10. supremacy
    power to dominate or defeat
  11. gender
    properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of sex
  12. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  13. concrete
    capable of being perceived by the senses
  14. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  15. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  16. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  17. moderate
    marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
  18. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  19. distinction
    a discrimination between things as different
  20. alter
    cause to change; make different
  21. transform
    change or alter in appearance or nature
  22. conventional
    in accord with a tradition accepted from the past
  23. heyday
    the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  24. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
  25. idealistic
    motivated by noble or moral beliefs rather than practicality
  26. credo
    any system of principles or beliefs
  27. meditation
    contemplation of spiritual matters
  28. harmony
    agreement of opinions
  29. philosophy
    any personal belief about how to live
  30. gratification
    the act or an instance of satisfying
  31. psychedelic
    having vivid colors and bizarre patterns
  32. communal
    for or by a group rather than individuals
  33. bilingual
    using or knowing two languages
  34. permissive
    not strict in discipline
  35. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:34:54 EST 2016 (updated Wed Nov 23 11:27:30 EST 2016)

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