History Flashcards
fabrikker og møller
factories & mills
stor arbeidsstyrke
large workforce
kull
coal
dårlig sanitæranlegg
poor sanitation
slummer
slums
befolkningsvekst
population growth
byområder
urban areas
landsbygda
rural areas
rask urbanisering
rapid urbanisation
overbefolka
overcrowded
dårlige boliger
poor housing
avfallshenting
waste collection
the Declaration of Independence was written in…
1776
the US constitution was written in…
1789
the first 10 amendments to the US constitution are called…
The Bill of Rights
gjengrelatert vold
gang(-related) violence
the 3 main crops that slaves planted and picked
cotton, sugar and tobacco
plantasjoner
plantations
another name for the northern states during the civil war
the Union
another name for the southern states during the civil war
the confederate states
civil war dates
1861-1865
a document that declared the end of slavery in the USA
the EMANciPAtion PROclaMAtion
avskaffe slaveri
aBOlish slavery
en som jobbet for å avskaffe slaveri
an aboLItionist
raseskille
(racial) segregation
spenning mellom raser
racial tension
anti-abortion
pro-life
supporting women’s right to abortion
pro-choice
skattepolitikk
tax policy
innvandringspolitikk
immigration policy
utenrikspolitikk
foreign policy
thinking your country is in a higher category than other countries
exceptionalism
military might
hard power
cultural influence
soft power
non-professional military groups
militia
British soldiers in the 1700s
redcoats
America’s enemy in Vietnam
the Viet Cong
flykte fra forførgelsen
flee persecution
flykte fra fattigdom
flee poverty
when governments DON’T tell businesses what they can and can’t do
(a) laissez-faire (approach / attitude)
when governments DO tell businesses what they can and can’t do
regulation
When the bank takes your home
foreclose
the belief that God created the world (in 7 days)
creationism
lots of people being killed
wholesale slaughter
Everyone tried to take out their savings at the same time
There was a run on the banks
a document that sets out a group’s rights
a charter
tronearving
heir (air) to the throne
før kristus
BC
etter kristus
AD
plyndre
raid
bosette
settle
å skatte
to levy / impose taxes
regjere (for monarchs)
reign (rain)
a strategy of making sure people are not united - so you can have power over them
divide and conquer / divide and rule
kanoner
artillery
traumatised by shelling
shell-shocked
skyttergravekrig
trench warfare
the women who campaigned for the right to vote in Britain
the suffragettes
the German air force
the Luftwaffe
the British air force
the R.A.F.
Britain (and its empire), the US, Russia
the Allies / Allied forces
Germany, Italy (until 1943) and Japan
the Axis forces
fagforeninger
trade unions
velferdsstaten
the welfare state
What happened in 1980 as a reaction to the sus-law?
the Brixton Riots
fear of foreigners
xenophobia
mass-immigration to Britain post-war
‘the Windrush’
teenagers stabbing each other
knife crime
levekostnader
the cost of living
not enough cheap accommodation
lack of affordable housing
alenemor
single mother
tvunget til å prostituere seg
forced into prositution
mathjelp
food bank
sanksjon
sanction
trygd
benefits