EOC Vocabulary #4

Question 1

The absence of government. The use of violence (at times) to deny authority or a particular government.

Answer 1

Answer: Anarchy

Question 2

A group that opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution out of fear that it would be too powerful and offered too few protections to its citizens (i.e., no Bill of Rights).

Answer 2

Answer: Anti-Federalists

Question 3

The hearing and determination of a disputed case by a third party agent.

For example, when a boss and employee couldn’t agree on a pay increase, they went to _________.

Answer 3

Answer: Arbitration

Question 4

The first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution that protected individual liberties.

Answer 4

Answer: Bill of Rights

Question 5

Limits imposed on all branches of government by providing corresponding branches the opportunity to amend, modify, and correct the actions of another.

Answer 5

Answer: Checks and Balances

Question 6

A preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods, particularly in American culture, and a movement for the protection of people from misleading advertisements, inferior products, dangerous products, etc.

Answer 6

Answer: Consumerism

Question 7

A law passed after the Glorious Revolution (1688 – anti-Catholic movement that led to the overthrow of James II) that put limits on the new monarchs (William and Mary - Protestants) and set out the rights of Parliament.

Answer 7

Answer: English Bill of Rights

Question 8

A word that references the branch of our nation’s president.

Answer 8

Answer: Executive

Question 9

A system of government established by the United States of America in 1787 that promoted a balance of power or relationship that exists between States and the central government.

Answer 9

Answer: Federalism

Question 10

A person who favored the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

Answer 10

Answer: Federalist

Question 11

Requiring a person to be brought before a court or judge. This is also used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

Answer 11

Answer: Habeas Corpus

Question 12

An agreement between the U.S. and Great Britain that the U.S. alone would build the Panama Canal (nullifying the Clayton Bulwer Treaty).

Answer 12

Answer: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Question 13

A word that references our nation’s courts.

Answer 13

Answer: Judicial

Question 14

While it lacked a means of enforcement, this agreement renounced war as a national policy.

Answer 14

Answer: Kellogg-Briand Pact

Question 15

The act of making laws or a law or body of laws.

Answer 15

Answer: Legislation

Question 16

A Supreme Court decision that stated that laws limiting working hours violated the Fourteenth Amendment.

Answer 16

Answer: Lochner v. New York

Question 17

A belief that government power should be restricted by law.

Answer 17

Answer: Limited Government

Question 18

Passed in 1215 in England, King John was forced to sign this document which extended civil liberties to English citizens.

Answer 18

Answer: Magna Carta

Question 19

Industries who made arms that were blamed after WWI for making money off of the war and loss of life.

Answer 19

Answer: Merchants of Death

Question 20

Widespread philosophical thought that develops with changes in culture and society.

Answer 20

Answer: Modernism

Question 21

A law that limited people from Eastern and Southern Europe and almost excluded people from Asia.

Answer 21

Answer: National Origins Act of 1924

Question 22

Legislation that stated the following: no more than three to five States in the land east of the Allegheny Mts, north of the Ohio River, and East of the Mississippi River, admission to the Union would be possible when the territory reached 60,000 inhabitants, civil rights and liberties guaranteed, no slavery or involuntary servitude, and a system of education established.

Answer 22

Answer: Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 23

An investigation led by a senator from North Dakota to determine if the U.S. munitions industry improperly benefited financially from World War I. While no irregularity was found, the opinions of the people of the committee influenced the U.S. to pass a series of neutrality acts in the 1930s.

Answer 23

Answer: Nye Committee

Question 24

This term describes a type of grassroots democracy.

Answer 24

Answer: Populism

Question 25

The introductory statements added to the Constitution by Governor Morris of Pennsylvania.

Answer 25

Answer: Preamble

Question 26

A clause, a stipulation, or a proviso in a law.

Answer 26

Answer: Provision

Question 27

A law passed in 1765 that required that British soldiers be housed by colonial legislatures.

Answer 27

Answer: Quartering

Question 28

The confirmation or sanctioning of something, usually in reference to government or legal actions.

Answer 28

Answer: Ratification

Question 29

A person who advocates for partial or majority control of the economy by the government.

Answer 29

Answer: Socialist

Question 30

An organization created in the 1950s and dissolved in the 1970s that provided for anti-communist mutual defense in the Asian rim.

Answer 30

Answer: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

Question 31

The beliefs of those opposed to liberalism and/or radicalism.

Answer 31

Answer: Traditionalism

Question 32

This term refers to the rights of people that the courts will rely upon a body of citizens to render its decisions.

Answer 32

Answer: Trial by Jury

Question 33

A law drafted in 1776 that declared the rights of men which included the right to abolish inadequate government.

Answer 33

Answer: Virginia Declaration of Rights

Question 34

The first arms reduction meeting held in the U.S. which brought nations such as Japan, China, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal together to discuss ways to keep the events that led to WWI from happening again. The five powers agreement limited the construction of battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, etc.

Answer 34

Answer: Washington Naval Conference

Question 35

Originating from a poem by Rudyard Kipling, this term generally refers to taking care of the developing world by the developed world.

Answer 35

Answer: White Man’s Burden

Question 36

A federal program established in 1965 that provides health insurance for people on welfare.

Answer 36

Answer: Medicaid

Question 37

A federal program established in 1965 that provides hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance to Americans 65 years and over.

Answer 37

Answer: Medicare