Vocab

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Revolution

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The forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system,

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Ideology

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The ideas and manner of thinking characteristic of a group, social class, or individual; the study of their origin and nature.

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Manifest Destiny

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19th century belief or doctrine that the expansion of the US throughout the continent was both justified and inevitable.

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Utopia

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A place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

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Dystopia

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A place or state of things in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

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Inalienable

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Unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.

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Secede

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Withdraw formally from a membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

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Bill of Rights

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A statement of the rights of a class of people; the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.

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Republic

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A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

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Reconstruction

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The period 1865–77 following the Civil War, during which the states of the Confederacy were controlled by the federal government and social legislation, including the granting of new rights to African-Americans, was introduced.

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Reservation

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An area of land set aside for occupation by North American Indians.

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Gettysburg Address

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A three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863).

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Soliloquy

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An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play.

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Plebeians

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(in ancient Rome) a commoner.

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Allusion

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Hijab (veil)

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A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.

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Amendment

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An article added to the US Constitution.

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Preamble

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The introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification (specifically in relation to the US Constitution).

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Abolition

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The abolishment of slavery.

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Portentous

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Of or like a sign or warning that something, esp. something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

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Symbol

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A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract.

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Oratory

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The art or practice of formal speaking in public.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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The proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union.

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Frontier

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The extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, esp. referring to the western US before Pacific settlement.

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Klu Klux Klan

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A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.

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Declaration of Independence

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The proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain.

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Transcontinental Railroad

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A train route across the United States, finished in 1869, meeting in Utah. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west.

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Homestead Act

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An act passed by Congress in 1862 promising ownership of a 160-acre tract of public land to a citizen or head of a family who had resided on and cultivated the land for five years after the initial claim.

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Assimilation

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The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.