"The American Pageant," Vocabulary from Chapters 14-15

This list focuses on forging the national economy and the ferment of reform and culture (1790-1860).

Here are links to all the chapters in Part Two, Building the New Nation: Chapters 9-11, Chapters 12-13, Chapters 14-15

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  1. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  2. dynamic
    characterized by action or forcefulness of personality
  3. demographic
    of or relating to the characteristics of human populations
  4. pioneer
    one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory
  5. rugged
    sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
  6. individualism
    a belief in the virtue of self-reliance
  7. rendezvous
    a meeting planned at a certain time and place
  8. exploitation
    the act of making use of and profiting from resources
  9. conservation
    careful management of the environment and natural resources
  10. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  11. metropolis
    a large and densely populated urban area
  12. immigration
    the group of people coming to a country
  13. industrial
    of or relating to commercial enterprise
  14. transformation
    a qualitative change
  15. mechanism
    device consisting of a piece of machinery
  16. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
  17. manufacture
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  18. interchangeable
    permitting mutual substitution without loss of function
  19. assembly
    the act of constructing something, as a piece of machinery
  20. wage
    payment for work
  21. capitalist
    of an economic system based on private ownership
  22. scab
    someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
  23. thoroughfare
    a public road from one place to another
  24. canal
    long and narrow strip of water for boats or for irrigation
  25. flourish
    grow vigorously
  26. reformation
    improvement in the condition of institutions or practices
  27. deism
    the belief in God on the basis of reason alone
  28. revival
    an evangelistic meeting to reawaken interest in religion
  29. denomination
    a group of religious congregations with its own organization
  30. theocracy
    a political unit governed by a deity
  31. curriculum
    an integrated course of academic studies
  32. illiterate
    a person unable to read
  33. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
  34. suffrage
    a legal right to vote
  35. temperance
    the act of abstaining, especially from drinking alcohol
  36. abolition
    doing away with a system or practice or institution
  37. crusade
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
  38. utopian
    pertaining to or resembling an ideally perfect state
  39. transcendentalism
    a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual
  40. anesthetic
    a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
  41. minstrel
    a performer in a variety show that makes use of blackface
  42. prominence
    the state of being widely known or eminent
  43. literary
    relating to or characteristic of creative writing
  44. interpretation
    an explanation that results from making sense of something
  45. antebellum
    belonging to a period before a war
  46. ferment
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
  47. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  48. charitable
    showing or motivated by sympathy and generosity
  49. discipline
    a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
  50. ideology
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
Created on Tue Nov 22 11:10:31 EST 2016 (updated Wed Nov 30 12:38:06 EST 2016)

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