Final Semester 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
blight
Any cause of impairment, destruction, ruin, or frustration
Sobering
Creating a more serious, sensible, or solemn mood
Dowries
Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage
Conflagration
A large fire which destroys a great deal of land or property
Atrocities
An extremly wicked or cruel act, physical violence or injury
Suffrage
The right to vote
Cultivate
Prepare and use land for crops
Pagan
A person holding religious beliefs other than the main religions
Frontier
A line or border separating two continents
Barracks
A building or group of people used to house soldiers
Marginal
Relating to the edge of something
Allotment
The amount of something allocated/distributed to a particular person
Propaganda
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature
Emigrated
Leave ones own country in order to settle permanently in another
Nisei
The second generation of Japanese Americans, specifically those born in the United States to Japanese parents
Enraptured
Give intense pleasure or joy to
Ghetto
Poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group
Facism
Far-right form of government where most of the country’s power is held by one ruler(the political idea where the government controls everything)
Genocide
Violence that targets indivuales because of their membership of a group with the specific intent to destroy a racial, ethnic, or religious group
Zionism
A person who believes in the development and protection of a jewish nation in what is now Israel.
Lobbying
To seek influence(a politician or public official) on an issue
Brown vs Board of education
Supreme court ruled that segregating children in public schools was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of USA
Tapestry
Heavy cloth that has designs or pictures woven into it that is used for wall hangings, curtains, etc.
Browning
Turning brown, could be related to cooking
