{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/us-history-vocabulary",
 "id": "us-history-vocabulary",
 "title": "US History Vocabulary",
 "category": "history",
 "subject": "US History",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Words you need to read and discuss American history.",
 "tags": [
  "vocabulary",
  "us history"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Colony",
   "A territory ruled by another country"
  ],
  [
   "Settler",
   "A person who moves to and lives in a new place"
  ],
  [
   "Immigrant",
   "A person who moves to a new country to live"
  ],
  [
   "Emigrant",
   "A person who leaves one country to live in another"
  ],
  [
   "Pioneer",
   "One of the first people to settle in a new area"
  ],
  [
   "Frontier",
   "The edge of settled land"
  ],
  [
   "Territory",
   "Land owned by a country but not yet a state"
  ],
  [
   "Statehood",
   "Becoming one of the states"
  ],
  [
   "Expansion",
   "Growth in size or reach"
  ],
  [
   "Annex",
   "To add a territory to a country"
  ],
  [
   "Treaty",
   "A formal agreement between nations"
  ],
  [
   "Alliance",
   "A partnership among nations or groups"
  ],
  [
   "Neutral",
   "Not taking a side in a conflict"
  ],
  [
   "Revolution",
   "A sudden, major change, often in government"
  ],
  [
   "Rebellion",
   "An open fight against authority"
  ],
  [
   "Independence",
   "Freedom from outside control"
  ],
  [
   "Patriot",
   "A person who loves and supports their country"
  ],
  [
   "Loyalist",
   "A colonist who supported Britain"
  ],
  [
   "Tax",
   "Money people pay to support the government"
  ],
  [
   "Tariff",
   "A tax on goods from other countries"
  ],
  [
   "Boycott",
   "Refusing to buy or use something as a protest"
  ],
  [
   "Embargo",
   "A government ban on trade with a country"
  ],
  [
   "Constitution",
   "The written plan for a country's government and laws"
  ],
  [
   "Amendment",
   "A change or addition to the Constitution"
  ],
  [
   "Ratify",
   "To formally approve"
  ],
  [
   "Federal",
   "Having to do with the national government"
  ],
  [
   "Federalism",
   "Power shared between national and state governments"
  ],
  [
   "Republic",
   "A government where people elect representatives"
  ],
  [
   "Democracy",
   "Government by the people, through voting"
  ],
  [
   "Monarchy",
   "Government led by a king or queen"
  ],
  [
   "Dictator",
   "A ruler with total power"
  ],
  [
   "Compromise",
   "Each side gives up something to reach an agreement"
  ],
  [
   "Abolish",
   "To officially end something"
  ],
  [
   "Abolitionist",
   "Someone who worked to end slavery"
  ],
  [
   "Slavery",
   "The forced ownership and unpaid labor of people"
  ],
  [
   "Emancipation",
   "Freeing people from slavery"
  ],
  [
   "Secede",
   "To formally withdraw from a group or country"
  ],
  [
   "Union",
   "The states that stayed with the US during the Civil War; also the nation"
  ],
  [
   "Confederate",
   "Belonging to the Confederacy"
  ],
  [
   "Civil war",
   "A war between groups within the same country"
  ],
  [
   "Reconstruction",
   "The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War"
  ],
  [
   "Sharecropper",
   "A farmer who pays rent with part of the crop"
  ],
  [
   "Segregation",
   "Forced separation of people by race"
  ],
  [
   "Discrimination",
   "Unfair treatment based on identity"
  ],
  [
   "Suffrage",
   "The right to vote"
  ],
  [
   "Suffragist",
   "A person who worked for voting rights, especially for women"
  ],
  [
   "Industry",
   "Business that makes goods, often in factories"
  ],
  [
   "Factory",
   "A building where goods are made with machines"
  ],
  [
   "Urban",
   "Having to do with cities"
  ],
  [
   "Rural",
   "Having to do with the countryside"
  ],
  [
   "Monopoly",
   "Complete control of a product or service by one business"
  ],
  [
   "Union (labor)",
   "A group of workers organized to protect their interests"
  ],
  [
   "Strike",
   "Workers stop working to demand change"
  ],
  [
   "Reform",
   "To improve something by changing it"
  ],
  [
   "Progressive",
   "Favoring reform, as in the Progressive Era"
  ],
  [
   "Depression",
   "A long period of very weak economy and high unemployment"
  ],
  [
   "Inflation",
   "A general rise in prices"
  ],
  [
   "Recession",
   "A shorter, milder slump in the economy"
  ],
  [
   "Ration",
   "To limit how much people can have of something scarce"
  ],
  [
   "Draft",
   "A system that requires people to serve in the military"
  ],
  [
   "Propaganda",
   "Information used to push a view, often one-sided"
  ],
  [
   "Cold War",
   "Rivalry between the US and USSR without direct fighting between them"
  ],
  [
   "Communism",
   "System where the state controls the economy and property"
  ],
  [
   "Containment",
   "Policy to stop the spread of communism"
  ],
  [
   "Primary source",
   "Evidence from the time, like a letter, photo or diary"
  ],
  [
   "Secondary source",
   "A later account written about the past, like a textbook"
  ],
  [
   "Timeline",
   "A line of events shown in order"
  ],
  [
   "Era",
   "A long period of history with a common theme"
  ],
  [
   "Century",
   "One hundred years"
  ],
  [
   "Decade",
   "Ten years"
  ],
  [
   "Chronological order",
   "Arranged in the order events happened"
  ],
  [
   "Cause",
   "Why something happened"
  ],
  [
   "Effect",
   "What happened because of an event"
  ],
  [
   "Legacy",
   "What is left behind for the future"
  ],
  [
   "Heritage",
   "Traditions and history passed down"
  ],
  [
   "Landmark",
   "A place or event of historic importance"
  ],
  [
   "Memorial",
   "Something built to remember a person or event"
  ],
  [
   "Artifact",
   "An object made by people long ago"
  ],
  [
   "Historian",
   "A person who studies the past"
  ],
  [
   "Archaeologist",
   "A scientist who studies the past by digging up objects"
  ]
 ]
}