EC-6 SOCIAL STUIDIES (391)
The 13th Amendment, passed in 1865, outlawed slavery. 14th Amendment - ANS-Rights of
Citizens
African American men were granted the right to vote under the 15th Amendment, or ANS.
18th Amendment - ANS-Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment - ANS-Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
1st Amendment - ANS-Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures is protected by the Fourth Amendment
(ANS). 5th Amendment - ANS-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
8th Amendment - ANS-No cruel and unusual punishment
Acculturation - ANS-the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Amendment - ANS-A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
Articles of Confederation - ANS-1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no
executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
assembly line system - ANS-when parts of a product are put together as they move down a
line of workers
Audie Murphy - ANS-Texan who was most decorated soldier in WWII.
Battle of the Alamo - ANS-1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by Mexican
forces during the Texas revolution. (Texas wanted independence).
Bills of Rights - ANS-10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of religion, speech, press,
petition, and assembly
Boston Tea Party - ANS-protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped
British tea into Boston harbor. (taxation without representation)
Brown v. "Separate but equal" has no place in public education, according to the Board of
Education-ANS court's determination that segregation violates the Equal Protection clause.
Cold War - ANS-the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after
World War II
Columbian Exchange - ANS-An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World
(Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Communism - ANS-A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all
property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the
state. ( You don't own anything, the government rules alone)
The term "culutral diffusion" (ANS) refers to the global exchange or transmission of cultural
information and lifestyles. Dialect - ANS-a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a
specific region or social group.
Division of Powers/Divided Government - ANS-Used to prevent the power of the
government from being in the hands of one person such as England.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford Case - ANS--slave in free state: sued for freedom in federal court
but denied right to sue
-court justice Roger Taney rule slavery legal everywhere
-black no rights anywhere & slavery legal all b/c of constitution: nullifies north laws against
slavery
The 13th Amendment, passed in 1865, outlawed slavery. 14th Amendment - ANS-Rights of
Citizens
African American men were granted the right to vote under the 15th Amendment, or ANS.
18th Amendment - ANS-Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment - ANS-Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
1st Amendment - ANS-Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures is protected by the Fourth Amendment
(ANS). 5th Amendment - ANS-The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
8th Amendment - ANS-No cruel and unusual punishment
Acculturation - ANS-the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
Amendment - ANS-A change in, or addition to, a constitution or law
Articles of Confederation - ANS-1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no
executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
assembly line system - ANS-when parts of a product are put together as they move down a
line of workers
Audie Murphy - ANS-Texan who was most decorated soldier in WWII.
Battle of the Alamo - ANS-1836 attack on the Alamo mission in San Antonio by Mexican
forces during the Texas revolution. (Texas wanted independence).
Bills of Rights - ANS-10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of religion, speech, press,
petition, and assembly
Boston Tea Party - ANS-protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped
British tea into Boston harbor. (taxation without representation)
Brown v. "Separate but equal" has no place in public education, according to the Board of
Education-ANS court's determination that segregation violates the Equal Protection clause.
Cold War - ANS-the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after
World War II
Columbian Exchange - ANS-An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World
(Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Communism - ANS-A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all
property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the
state. ( You don't own anything, the government rules alone)
The term "culutral diffusion" (ANS) refers to the global exchange or transmission of cultural
information and lifestyles. Dialect - ANS-a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a
specific region or social group.
Division of Powers/Divided Government - ANS-Used to prevent the power of the
government from being in the hands of one person such as England.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford Case - ANS--slave in free state: sued for freedom in federal court
but denied right to sue
-court justice Roger Taney rule slavery legal everywhere
-black no rights anywhere & slavery legal all b/c of constitution: nullifies north laws against
slavery
