US History EOC Vocab

 Increase in prices or decline in purchasing power caused by an increase in the supplyof money

Abstinencefrom alcoholic drink.

A willingness to negotiate and an easing oftensions in the US’s dealings with communist nations

Thosewho supported the planned management of natural resources.

Late19^th century political movement seeking to advance the interests of farmers and laborers.

A general statement orconcept obtained by inference from specific cases.

Thegranting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace.

Soughtto return control of the government to the people, and to correctinjustices.

Deduce or conclude information from evidenceand reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

To absorb a smaller group into a bigger group.

Overtfavoritism towards people born in the United States.

Forgiveness.

Use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines toattract readers.

Toenlarge and prepare the peacetime military for war.

Income, money.

Taxesplaced on imported goods.

Activity directed at the overthrow of thegovernment. 

Holdingtraditional values and attitudes and cautious about change.

The right to vote.

Aneconomic and political system based on one-party government and stateownership of property.

Government by the people.

Control of the supply or trade in a commodity orservice.

Thecompensation paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflictedduring a war.

Hostilityor prejudice against Jews.

Theconstitutional right of one person or group to reject a decision.

A truce, or agreement to end an armed conflict.

A political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives.

Opento new behavior and willing to discard traditional values.

A demand of one state upon another, usuallywith a threat of war.

Those who wanted to end slavery.

Astrong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator.