US History Terminology

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A _________________________ is the complete control of a product or service.

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A group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing board is known as a ___________________.

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A _________________________ is a government run by the people through elected officials.

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A license that gives an inventor exclusive right to make, use, or sell an invention is an ____________________.

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A radical who opposes all government is known as an ______________.

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The process by which workers negotiate as a group with their employers for working conditions and benefits is known as ______________________>

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The __________________ is a time period marking the most severe economic downturn in the nation's history, which lasted from 1929 to 1941.

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The _____________________ is a process developed which makes steel more efficiently.

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____________________ is the social reform movement that developed within religious institutions and sought to apply the teachings of Jesus directly to society.

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The belief that society should do as little as possible to interfere with people's pursuit of success is called ______________________.

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Doctrine stating that the government should generally not interfere in private business (hands off approach to business) is called ______________________.

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The first ten amendments of the constitution are called the ____________________.

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_______________________ is the ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.

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The system by which each of the branches of the Federal Government can check the actions of the other branches is called _______________________.

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The _____________ is also known as the war between the states and took place from 1861-1865.

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The policy of favoring native-born Americans over immigrants is ___________________.

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____________________ is the devotion to one's own nation.

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The production of goods in great amounts is known as _____________.

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The __________________ is time period from 1865-1877 in which the damage done to the South from the Civil War was repaired.

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The ______________________ was a speech given by Lincoln in 1863 that starts with the famous words, "Four score and seven years ago".

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In 1865 the ________________________________ was passed putting an official end to slavery in the United States.

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A non citizen is called an _____________.

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Policy by which a stronger nation attempts to create an empire by dominating other weaker nations or areas.

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A government by the people is called a _______________.

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_________________________ is the economic and political philosophy that favors public (social) control of property and income.