historical terms

Question 1

abolitionism

Answer 1

Movement to get rid of slavery

Question 2

allies

Answer 2

Nations that fought the Axis powers in World War II, including the United States, England, and Russia

Question 3

apartheid

Answer 3

Racial segregation in South Africa

Question 4

axis

Answer 4

Nations that fought the Allies during World War II, including Germany, Japan, and Italy

Question 5

bill of rights

Answer 5

The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution

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bourgesisie

Answer 6

The middle class in France before the revolution

Question 7

caste

Answer 7

A hereditary social class in Hinduism

Question 8

cold war

Answer 8

Period of tension after WWII between the United States and the Soviet Union

Question 9

communism

Answer 9

Economic system in which the people control the means of production

Question 10

confederate states of america

Answer 10

Government of the southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War; the northern states were known as the Union

Question 11

cultural revolution

Answer 11

Led by Mao Zedong, a social-political movement in which the Chinese military worked to strengthen the ideals of the Chinese Communist Party

Question 12

czar (tsar)

Answer 12

an emperor of russia

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emancipation proclamation

Answer 13

An order given by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, to free all slaves

Question 14

fourteen points

Answer 14

Speech given by Woodrow Wilson outlining the post–World War I peace plan in Europe

Question 15

geneva conventions

Answer 15

Developed humanitarian laws to be applied in wartime

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glasnost

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Introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, a period of increased openness and freedom in the Soviet Union during the 1980s; often paired with Perestroika

Question 17

great depression

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Decade-long worldwide economic recession preceding World War II

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imperialism

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The domination of one country over another

Question 19

laissez-faire capitalism

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Economic system in which the government does not regulate

Question 20

magna carta

Answer 20

Forced upon King John by his subjects to attain liberties, it is the origination of English law; written in 1215

Question 21

manifest destiny

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Belief that Americans were destined by heaven to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean

Question 22

mayflower compact

Answer 22

Governing text of Plymouth Colony

Question 23

NATO (north atlantic treaty organization)

Answer 23

Alliance of nations to defend against Soviet threat

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new deal

Answer 24

Economic programs during the Great Depression proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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perestroika

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Political movement for restructuring within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; often paired with glasnost

Question 26

prohibition

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The sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol was outlawed in the United States from 1920 to 1933

Question 27

proletariat

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The lower, working social class

Question 28

republic

Answer 28

Type of government in which the people elect representatives to rule

Question 29

suffrage

Answer 29

the right to vote

Question 30

trinity

Answer 30

Code name for the first atomic bomb