Social Studies - Vocabulary Flashcards
To adsorb a group into the culture of a larger population
Assimilate
To leave one’s place of residence or country to live somewhere else
Emigrate
A minority that speaks a different language or follows different customs than the majority of the people in the country.
Ethnic Group
An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.
Capitalism
A journalist that uncovers abuses and corruption in a society
Muckraker
An election in which voters choose their party’s candidates
Primary
The nation wide ban on the manufacture, sales and transportation of liquor in the United States that went into effect when the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified in 1919
Prohibition
Person who believe that there should be no government
Anarchist
Residential areas that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation.
Suburbs
The right to vote
Suffrage
Stage of entertainment made up of various acts, such as dancing, singing, comedy, and maybe magic shows
Vaudeville
Writing which exaggerates sensational dramatic and quersome events to attract readers for stories that where popular in the 1800’s; A type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting.
Yellow Journalism
War on all aspects of the enemy’s life
Total War
The scientific theory that humans and other living things have evolved over time
Evolution
To send out of a country aliens who are considered dangerous
Deport
