Vocabulary for Social Studies American and Modern History

These words are very important for you to know and be able to use. For example, how many of you know what I mean when I say “The foreign policy of the United States after 1898 was chiefly Imperialist. This was a result of the industrialization of the U.S. in the 19th Century and the completion of Manifest Destiny on the North American Continent. In fact one could argue that The Spanish American War was an extension of Manifest Destiny and the idea of White Man’s Burden.” If you have a hard time understanding this sentence then you need to learn vocabulary so you can understand these sentences.

Vocabulary

1. Foreign Policy 2. Domestic Policy 3. Natural Resources 4. New Markets 5. Agricultural 6. Industrial 7. Imperialist 8. Isolationist 9. Manifest Destiny 10. White Man’s Burden 11. Traditional Economy 12. Free Market Economy 13. Demand Economy 14. Mixed Economy 15. Economics and Politics 16. Jihad 17. Sharia 18. Imam 19. Mullah 20. indigenous 21. Sunni 22. Shiite